Going Dutch: the collaboration between Hendrik van Balen I and Jan Brueghel I
A favourite topic of Renaissance artists, Minerva in her bare flesh, and the more conservatively…
Venice forever
The popularity of Venice views in the 19th century was rooted in the Grand Tour…
In the (Rococo) painter’s studio with Johann Georg Platzer
A plea to art historians: when you set the table for great Baroque artists at the banquet of art history, be sure to reserve a seat at the head for Johann Georg…
Diamonds are a [insert gender here]’s best friend….
In anticipation of Dorotheum’s jewellery auction in Vienna on the 21st of April, we take a look at that most precious of gemstones, the jewel which lasts “forever:” the diamond. To highlight the…
Oscar Murillo – Anomalies from a Candy Factory
Young, conceptual, and contradictory, Oscar Murillo’s work defies classification. With elements of painting, sculpture, installation and performance, it confuses and seduces the observer in equal measure.
Luca Giordano: Enlightened
St Peter Healing St Agatha in Prison | Old Master Paintings, 19 April 2016 The present, hitherto unknown painting represents an important new addition to the oeuvre of the celebrated Neapolitan painter Luca Giordano…
Pieter Brueghel | The Bird Trap
One of the highlights in the forthcoming Old Master sale in April is “The Bird Trap”, a serene winter landscape by Pieter Brueghel the Younger.
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