Little-known but technically brilliant, van Aelst (1627-83) produced fine, carefully balanced compositions of flowers, game and precious objects, as this traveling exhibition of 25 paintings demonstrates.
"Little-known fact," Thompson said.
Little-known hobby: studying Hebrew.
Little-known franchise he took over.
Little-known talent: he makes a mean Moscow Mule.
There have been arcane, ancient sculptures, canvases by little-known artists and bizarre objects like glass cabinets filled with medical supplies or cigarette butts.
With one hundred photographs, including objects from little-known collections, alongside case studies and a carefully chosen bibliography, this book gives valuable insight for anyone working to preserve valuable resources.
That, too, produced its share of pain, particularly among a small group of East Germans who used a little-known law permitting them to object to military service and were sent here as "construction soldiers" — in essence, conscientious objectors carrying shovels instead of Kalashnikov rifles.
(Martha Schwendener) ★ Frick Collection: 'Gold, Jasper and Carnelian: Johann Christian Neuber at the Saxon Court' (through Aug. 19) The first exhibition devoted to the transcendent gemstone-covered objects of this little-known 18th-century German goldsmith is a ravishing event and the sleeper of the summer's museum fare.
(Rosenberg) ★ Frick Collection: 'Gold, Jasper and Carnelian: Johann Christian Neuber at the Saxon Court' (closes on Sunday) The first exhibition devoted to the transcendent gemstone-covered objects of this little-known 18th-century German goldsmith is a ravishing event and the sleeper of the summer's museum fare.
(Ken Johnson) ★ Frick Collection: 'Gold, Jasper and Carnelian: Johann Christian Neuber at the Saxon Court' (through Aug. 19) The first exhibition devoted to the transcendent gemstone-covered objects of this little-known 18th-century German goldsmith is a ravishing event and the sleeper of the summer's museum fare.
