Tag: Old Masters

When a valuable artwork is sold for far less than its true value, the original owner should be compensated in future sales. The art market thrives on the discovery of

Three 17th-century paintings by Peter Lely, formerly owned by James Stunt, went up for auction at Christie’s New York. Two went unsold, but one sold at a modest price. Stunt,

Peter Paul Rubens reworked a 16th-century landscape painting by Herri Met de Bles, titled “The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist in an Extensive Landscape with Travellers”,

The J. Paul Getty Museum recently acquired a masterpiece by Flemish artist Quentin Metsys, titled “The Madonna of the Cherries,” at a Christie’s auction in London for £10.6m. The painting,

The international art market is currently experiencing uncertainty due to geopolitical concerns. The recent Old Master evening auctions at Sotheby’s and Christie’s in London reflected this nervous atmosphere. Christie’s auction

In the early 17th century, Frans Hals, a Haarlem painter, created pendant marital portraits for a pair of newlyweds, Jan van de Poll and Duifje van Gerwen, who took advantage

Michelangelo (1475-1564) poses a unique challenge for exhibition curators due to the scarcity, incompletion, and sheer scale of his works. The focus on his later years, marked by his return