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Sotheby’s to sell Exquisite Dutch and Flemish Paintings from the Weldon...
Lot 67. Adriaen Coorte MIDDELBURG (?) 1660 (?) – AFTER 1707 WILD STRAWBERRIES ON A LEDGEsigned and dated lower left: A Coorte/1704oil on paper, laid down on panel: 5 3/8 by 6 1/2 in.; 13.5 by 16.5...
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An intriguing panel by Bartolo di Fredi at Sotheby’s
Lot 305. Bartolo di Fredi SIENA 1330 (?) – 1410SAINT ANTHONY ABBOTtempera on panel, gold ground, a fragment: 38.5 by 33 cm.; 15 1/8 by 13 in.Estimate: £40,000-60,000. Sotheby’s April 29 Old Masters...
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“Small in scale, vast in scope”– the Glyptotek’s newly acquired Degas
Edgar Degas, Jockeys avant course, 26.1 x 38.5 cm.Click on image to enlarge. The Glyptotek in Copenhagen, Denmark, has acquired an Edgar Degas painting from a series the artist did about horse racing....
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Christie’s offers Old Masters from a distinguished Irish collection
David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690) A village inn with peasants dancing and merry making to the music of a hurdy-gurdy – signed ‘DAVID. TENIERS F’ (lower right)oil on copper: 22.3/8 x 30.1/2 in....
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Looted Art from World War II found in the US
A portrait of England’s King Charles I in Three Positions, a piece taken from Germany by Americans. Credit Brandon Thibodeaux for The New York Times.Click on image to enlarge. A small group of Old...
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$66.3 million van Gogh tops Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern Art sale in...
Lot 30. Claude Monet 1840 – 1926 NYMPHÉASSigned Claude Monet and dated 1905 (lower left)Oil on canvas: 31 7/8 by 39 1/2 in.Painted in 1905.Estimate: $30-45 million. This lot sold for a hammer price of...
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Cleveland Museum returns looted Cambodian sculpture
A closeup of the Hanuman statue returned early Monday U.S. time to Cambodia by the Cleveland Museum of Art.Click on image to enlarge. The Cleveland Museum of Art, according to the Cleveland Plain...
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$179 million Picasso painting and $141 million Giacometti sculpture set...
Lot 5a. Peter Doig (b. 1959) Swampedtitled twice, inscribed and dated ‘SWAMPE’ED ‘WHITENOISE’ SWAMP-ED APRIL-JUNE 90’ (on the reverse)oil on canvas: 77 1/2 x 95 in. (197 x 241 cm.)Painted in...
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Will ISIS destroy the ancient Roman city of Palmyra?
Palmyra. Image: NBC News. Click on image to enlarge. With ISIS extremists within two kilometers of Palmyra, Syria, there are well-founded fears the remains of this great 1st-2nd-century AD Roman city...
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Exquisite National Gallery of Art exhibition – Pleasure and Piety: The Art of...
Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael, Perseus and Andromeda, 1611oil on canvas: 180 × 150 cm (70 7/8 × 59 1/16 in.)framed: 209 × 178 cm (82 5/16 × 70 1/16 in.)Musée du Louvre, Paris, Département des Peintures,...
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A De Heem comes home
Cornelis De Heem, A Still Life of Flowers and Fruit arranged on a Stone Plinth in a Garden, 1686-89. According to the Antiques Trade Gazette, “This still life by Dutch artist Cornelis de Heem (1631-95)...
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At Sotheby’s Old Master sale in London, a river of bliss and a harrowing of hell
Lot 3. Corneille de Lyon THE HAGUE 1500/10 – 1575 LYONPORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, PRESUMED TO BE RENÉ DE BATARNAY, COMTE DU BOUCHAGEoil on panel: 17.4 by 14.4 cm.; 6 7/8 by 5 5/8 in.Estimate:...
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Bellotto and Brueghels Bomb at Christie’s Old Master sale in London
Lot 41. Pieter Brueghel II (Brussels 1564/5-1637/8 Antwerp)The Outdoor Wedding Dancesigned and dated ‘·P· BREUGHEL · 1621′ (lower left)oil on oak panel, stamped on the reverse with the coat-of-arms of...
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Musée Fabre Acquires Caravaggesque work by Neapolitan painter Bernadino...
Bernardo Cavallino (Naples 1616 – ca. 1656) The Death of Saint JosephOil on canvas: 18 5/16 × 14 3/16 in (46,5 x 36 cm)Click on image to enlarge. One of the intriguing painters of 17th century Naples...
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The Met acquires a rediscovered 18th century Italian painting
Gaetano Gandolfi (Italian, San Matteo della Decima 1734–1802 Bologna), The Sacrifice of Iphigenia, 1789 – DETAILOil on canvas: 26 7/8 × 18 in. (68.3 × 45.7 cm)Rogers Fund, 2015Accession Number:...
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Broken – Venice’s great Accademia is a big hot mess
“Bad luck if you need to use the stairlift for wheelchair access. It’s out of order.”Courtesy Apollo magazine. Cracked walls, crumbling ceilings, inadequate lighting, holes in the marble floors patched...
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Ronald Lauder purchases Early Italian Masterpiece for London’s National Gallery
Lot 17. GIOVANNI DA RIMINI – DOCUMENTED 1292 – 1309/14LEFT WING OF A DIPTYCH WITH EPISODES FROM THE LIVES OF THE VIRGIN AND OTHER SAINTS: THE APOTHEOSIS OF AUGUSTINE; THE CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN;...
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To counter ISIS, great antiquities to be virtually saved in case they’re...
A view of Palmyra in 2009, before the ancient city was seized by Islamic State militants. (Christophe Charon / AFP/Getty Images) The Los Angeles Times reports that as “many as 5,000 high-tech,...
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A $100 Million Modigliani at Christie’s in November
Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920), ‘Nu couché (Reclining Nude)’, painted in 1917-18Click on image to enlarge. Christie’s auction house have just announced that Modigliani’s Nu couché (Reclining Nude)...
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Giotto in Milan – Exhibition at the Palazzo Reale
There are several, smaller noteworthy museum exhibitions taking place now through the end of the year – this is the first posting. From now through January 10, 2106, Milan’s Palazzo Reale is hosting...
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