Bulgari: glamour, glory and dolce vita
“The only word that Elizabeth knows in Italian is Bulgari!”, Richard Burton said about his…
Red, yellow, Mercedes: 2 classic cars
Two stars, a red Mercedes and a yellow Mercedes, debuted at the auction of classic cars…
Piotr Tutukin: mystery of a palace church
A rare work of St. Petersburg interior painting divulges a secret: a tsar’s palace whose sacral furnishings did not conform to the strict rules of the Orthodox Church, the artwork will be…
Venetian Luminaries
Tintoretto and Veronese inspired one another in 16th-century Italy. These Venetian artists are coming face to face on 18 October 2016, when two of their paintings are included in Dorotheum’s sale of…
James Francis Edward Stuart: the king that never was
The portrait of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart as Prince of Wales by Nicolas de Largillière is an important rediscovery. Previously only known from an engraving by Gérard Edelinck, it testifies to the…
Resplendent Rome
Our auction of old masters on 18 October 2016 includes a detailed representation of the possesso of Pope Clement XI, previously Cardinal Giovan Francesco Albani, who formally “took possession” of the episcopal…
Hieronymus Bosch: down to earth
The present work by an unknown follower of Hieronymus Bosch bears all the hallmarks of this celebrated artist, who died in 1516, 500 years ago. This depiction of hell repeats a number…
Modern Art
