MILAN.- 82 lots devoted to Old Master works on sale at Sotheby’s Milan on 16th November 2010. The selection shows among first lots a big oil on canvas of the Florentine painter Matteo Rosselli which figures the Sacrificio di Isacco. Rosselli durin…
Caravaggio-Inspired Dutch Masterpiece Acquired for Fitzwilliam Museum
LONDON.- The Art Fund has helped the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge enrich its world-class collection with a Caravaggio-inspired Dutch oil on canvas. Young woman tuning a lute (1626-7) by Hendrik ter Brugghen, is now on public display within the Fitzwil…
Caravaggio-Inspired Dutch Masterpiece Acquired for Fitzwilliam Museum
LONDON.- The Art Fund has helped the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge enrich its world-class collection with a Caravaggio-inspired Dutch oil on canvas. Young woman tuning a lute (1626-7) by Hendrik ter Brugghen, is now on public display within the Fitzwil…
Bonhams to Sell Paintings by Coronation Artist of Ford Cars Made in Dagenham
LONDON.- Two oil on canvas paintings by the official artist of the Coronation of Elizabeth II, Terence Cuneo (1907-1996), commissioned by the Ford Motor Company in 1947, are to be sold at Bonhams’ sale of Important Motor Cars and Fine Automobilia …
Bonhams to Sell Paintings by Coronation Artist of Ford Cars Made in Dagenham
LONDON.- Two oil on canvas paintings by the official artist of the Coronation of Elizabeth II, Terence Cuneo (1907-1996), commissioned by the Ford Motor Company in 1947, are to be sold at Bonhams’ sale of Important Motor Cars and Fine Automobilia …
Part One of Jerry Hall’s Art Collection Sells For Exceptional Sum of £2.3 Million
LONDON.- The first part of the group of artworks from the collection of the world-famous American supermodel and actress, Jerry Hall, went under the hammer in Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Contemporary Art in London tonight, bringing a total of £2,33…
Irma Sterns Zanzibar Image of Indian Beauty to Sell at Bonhams
LONDON.- An arresting image from Irma Stern’s time in Zanzibar, where she was powerfully affected by the beauty of the local Indian women, features in Bonhams next sale of South African Art in London on October 26 and 27. There are no fewer than f…
Portrait of Secretary Norman Y. Mineta Presented at the National Portrait Gallery
WASHINGTON, DC.- Former Transportation and Commerce Secretary Norman Y. Mineta was recognized by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program with the installation of his portrait in a private cere…
Portrait of Secretary Norman Y. Mineta Presented at the National Portrait Gallery
WASHINGTON, DC.- Former Transportation and Commerce Secretary Norman Y. Mineta was recognized by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program with the installation of his portrait in a private cere…
Review: Robert Ryman: Variations and Improvisations at the Phillips Collection
WASHINGTON, DC.- Robert Ryman: Variations and Improvisations, the artist’s first solo show in DC, presents twenty-five paintings that demonstrate the diversity of Ryman’s pictorial experimentation. The small works (almost all are between seve…