LONDON.- Sotheby’s announces Treasures: Princely Taste, the sale of an outstanding selection of rare and important decorative art with links to some of the greatest collectors in European history, including Louis XIV, Cardinal Mazarin, King Alfonso XII…
Sotheby’s London to Offer a Lost Royal Masterpiece: A Renaissance Chalcedony Cover
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announces Treasures: Princely Taste, the sale of an outstanding selection of rare and important decorative art with links to some of the greatest collectors in European history, including Louis XIV, Cardinal Mazarin, King Alfonso XII…
Artist Alison Elizabeth Taylor Inlays Classic Technique into Contemporary Vocabulary
ATLANTA, GA.- The SCAD exhibitions department is presenting “Un/Inhabited,” an exhibition of intricate two and three-dimensional work by Alison Elizabeth Taylor, at the ACA Gallery of SCAD, Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree St., through De…
Administrators of France’s Versailles to Lease Nearby Building for Use as a Hotel
PARIS (AP).- Administrators of France’s Versailles Palace said Friday that they have agreed to lease an adjacent building to King Louis XIV’s 17th-century chateau for use as a hotel. The Hotel du Grand Controle, which was the home for financial adviser…
The Oyster Eater by Henri Stresor Returns to France for the XXVth Biennale Des Antiquaires
PARIS.- A painting that once belonged to Cardinal Joseph Fesch (1763-1839), the half-brother of Napoleon’s mother, Letizia Ramolino Bonaparte, is among the superb selection of Old Masters being shown by Bernheimer-Colnaghi at the XXVth Biennale de…
The Oyster Eater by Henri Stresor Returns to France for the XXVth Biennale Des Antiquaires
PARIS.- A painting that once belonged to Cardinal Joseph Fesch (1763-1839), the half-brother of Napoleon’s mother, Letizia Ramolino Bonaparte, is among the superb selection of Old Masters being shown by Bernheimer-Colnaghi at the XXVth Biennale des A…
Cabinets from Palazzo Featured in Film the Talented Mr. Ripley to Sell at Bonhams
LONDON.- A pair of rare North Italian 18th century bureau-cabinets from Palazzo Costaguti on Piazza Mattei in Rome are to be sold as part of the Fine Continental Furniture, Sculpture and Works of Art sale on 7 July 2010. These fine examples of bureau-c…
Contents of ‘Time Lord’ Severin Wunderman’s Cote D’Azur Home Sell Out at Bonhams
LONDON.- The contents of the late luxury watch manufacturer Severin Wunderman’s 12-bedroom chateau in the South of France made a staggering £357,000 today (23 June) when they went under the hammer at Bonhams, Knightsbridge. The third in a series …