ITALIAN, SPANISH, AND FRENCH PAINTINGS IN THE RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART

The Ringling is proud to announce the publication of a new catalogue of its Italian, Spanish, and French paintings, produced by former Ulla R. Searing Curator of Collections, Dr. Virginia Brilliant. Combining a wealth of new scholarship with previously unpublished documentation, this beautifully illustrated volume offers the first comprehensive examination of The Ringling’s outstanding collection of more than 300 Old Master paintings from Italy, Spain, and France. The collection is the largest and most significant of its kind in the southeastern United States. It includes masterworks by artists such as Piero di Cosimo, Paolo Veronese, Jusepe de Ribera, Diego Velázquez, Noël-Nicolas Coypel, and Jean-Marc Nattier.

A remarkable achievement, the catalogue is the culmination of nearly five years of research by Dr. Brilliant, with assistance from colleagues in The Ringling’s curatorial, registration, and conservation departments. The catalogue features extensive information about each painting, including attribution, date, subject, technique, materials, provenance, conservation history, and bibliography. Every entry is accompanied by newly commissioned color photography.

Dr. Brilliant is currently the Curator-in-Charge of European Paintings at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Prior to joining The Ringling in 2008, she held curatorial positions at the Cleveland Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. She obtained her PhD in the field of early Italian painting and sculpture from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London.

Please join us for the following Conversation, as we celebrate the much anticipated release of this catalogue!

Conversations

CHAO LECTURE HALL

$5 / Free for Members / Included with Admission.

TUE, DEC 5, 3:00 – 4:00 PM

CONVERSATION ABOUT CREATING A CATALOGUE

$95

Available at The Ringling Museum Store Members receive 10% off

Join us for the launch of this long-anticipated catalogue that represents the first comprehensive examination of the Italian, French and Spanish Old Master paintings at The Ringling. Go behind the scenes with Dr. Sarah Cartwright, Ulla R. Searing Curator of Collections and Megan Salazar-Walsh, Assistant Conservator, to learn what was involved in the production of this book. Reception and book sale to follow.

Marian Carpenter

Associate Director for Collections

Chief Registrar

Marian brings 20 years of experience in collections management to The Ringling. She joins the Museum from the State of Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, where she was responsible for over 90,000 objects. Marian previously served as a collections manager at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis and as registrar at the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. While at the Smithsonian, she helped to develop conceptual exhibit designs and travelled throughout the country to oversee exhibition installs. Marian holds a MA in American History with a concentration in African American History from the University of Cincinnati.

SARAH CARTWRIGHT

Ulla R. Searing Curator of Collections

Sarah joined The Ringling in 2013 as a post-doctoral research fellow where she worked closely with the Museum’s permanent collection. At the conclusion of the fellowship she assumed the role of grants administrator, securing well over a million dollars in support of exhibitions, conservation, and general operations. Sarah holds an MA and PhD in Art History from the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University. She previously held curatorial positions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and at Villa La Pietra in Florence, Italy, as well as a Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship in Art History at Columbia University.

LAURA COOK

Membership Manager

Laura returns to the membership department at The Ringling. Previously, she worked as the Museum’s Human Resources Program Associate and as the Membership Program Associate. Laura has a comprehensive knowledge of the membership program as well as its place within The Ringling’s overall strategic goals. Prior to joining The Ringling, she was the Membership Program Coordinator for the Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce and a Programming Assistant at the Tampa Museum of Art.

JOHN FRAZEE Director of Communications and Marketing

John brings 25 years of experience in marketing and communications leadership to The Ringling. He joins the Museum from Feld Entertainment, where he served as a Vice President of Marketing. Prior to Feld, John served in executive level positions for global marketing and design firms where he has enjoyed a successful career creating strategic programs that build brands and market awareness. John holds a MBA, with a concentration in Organizational Leadership,from The University of Texas at Dallas and a BFA, with a major in marketing and communications design, from The Fashion Institute of Technology.

Rhiannon Paget

Curator of Asian Art

Rhiannon comes to The Ringling from the Saint Louis Art Museum, where she was the Andrew W. Mellon Fellow for Japanese Art. While in this role she co-curated the major exhibition, Conflicts of Interest: Art and War in Modern Japan (Saint Louis Art Museum, Oct 2016–Jan 2017) and co-authored its catalogue. Rhiannon is widely published, and her most recent book, The Sixty-Nine Stations along the Kisokaido (co-authored with Dr. Andreas Marks) will be released by Taschen in October 2017. She received her doctorate from the University of Sydney, and has published research on Japanese woodblock prints, textiles, board games, and nihonga.