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The latest news in the History of Western Art from the Middle Ages to the 1930's
There is a fine line between bravery and ignorance. A contemporary artist who dares to stand alongside the old masters in any case comes across as being almost foolhardy. The Palais des Beaux-Arts wished to pay tribute to Jean-Baptiste Wicar, (...)
There was much scraping together to come up with the needed funds for the purchase of the second Titian belonging to the Duke of Sutherland, Diana and Callisto. The owner had already ceded its pair in 2009, Diana and Actaeon for the modest sum (...)
Anyone familiar with the Musée Fesch – rebaptized Palais Fesch-Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Ajaccio – already knows that it houses one of France’s most important art collections, second only to the Louvre for its Italian paintings. The recent renovation, (...)
Private collections in the United Kingdom are among the richest in masterpieces of Western art, some of which are on long term deposit in British museums.
On Thursday, July 10 in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, Gilding’s, a small auction house, listed a painting described as dating from the XVIIIth C. and estimated at £300 to £500. It totalled a gavel price of (...)
Whereas the Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon is still not sure of successfully acquiring The Flight Into Egypt by Nicolas Poussin, England is today faced with a much more serious challenge after the recent announcement by the Duke of Rutland (...)
