Poor Rembrandt. Of all the greats, he is perhaps the artist most concerned with truth—but also the artist whose works have been most hopelessly muddled by art historians. Lot 10 in Christie’s Old Masters Evening Sale on 7 December was a case in point: a perfectly respectable portrait of Petronella Buys, traceable within her lifetime […]
One of the Greatest Venetian View Paintings by Francesco Guardi to Lead Sotheby’s Sale
LONDON.- On 6th July 2011, Sotheby’s London Old Master and British Paintings Evening Sale will offer a selection of newly discovered and important works of exceptional quality and rarity, many of which have remained in private collections for deca…
The National Gallery in London Presents Swiss and Norwegian Landscapes
London.- The National Gallery in London is pleased to present “Forests, Rocks, Torrents: Norwegian and Swiss Landscapes from the Lunde Collection”, on show until September 18th. This landmark exhibition will display what is arguably one of the most…
Royal Collection Presents Exhibition of 42 Paintings of Dutch 17th-Century Landscapes
LONDON.- This exhibition of 42 paintings draws on the Royal Collection’s rich holdings of Dutch 17th-century landscapes, including works by Jacob van Ruisdael, Aelbert Cuyp, Jan van der Heyden and Meyndert Hobbema. By the 17th century, landscape …
Royal Collection Presents Exhibition of 42 Paintings of Dutch 17th-Century Landscapes
LONDON.- This exhibition of 42 paintings draws on the Royal Collection’s rich holdings of Dutch 17th-century landscapes, including works by Jacob van Ruisdael, Aelbert Cuyp, Jan van der Heyden and Meyndert Hobbema. By the 17th century, landscape …
Masterpiece by Constable from the National Gallery of Scotland to Travel to Duff House
BANFFSHIRE.- One of the best-loved paintings in the National Gallery of Scotland is to travel to the north east of Scotland for the first time this spring. The Vale of Dedham by John Constable (1777-1837) will be on show at Duff House in Banffshire, w…
Exhibition of Superlative British Watercolors at the Museum of Fine Arts, Saint Petersburg
ST. PETERSBURG, FL.- Romantics to Moderns: British Watercolors and Drawings from the Collection of BNY Mellon features approximately 70 works on paper by 49 of Britain’s most gifted artists from the mid-1700s through 1935. The exhibition will be o…
Expansive Exhibition of Superlative British Watercolors at the Museum of Fine Arts, Saint Petersburg
ST. PETERSBURG, FL.- Romantics to Moderns: British Watercolors and Drawings from the Collection of BNY Mellon features approximately 70 works on paper by 49 of Britain’s most gifted artists from the mid-1700s through 1935. The exhibition will be o…
Masterpieces From Tate’s Collection Travel to Oman for 40th National Day Celebration
LONDON.- An exhibition of masterpieces from Tate’s historic British collection, The Art of Seeing Nature: Masterpieces from Tate Britain will be presented at Sayyid Faisal bin Ali Museum, Muscat from 30 November 2010 to 25 January 2011. The exhibi…
United Kingdom Government Art Reveals Ministers’ Nostalgic Tastes
LONDON (AP).- It’s a tricky question for a British politician — which of the government’s thousands of pieces of art do you put on your wall? When it comes to paintings, members of Britain’s Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition favor landscapes, …