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40 articles taggés "Old Masters"

Interviews
Three questions for Hubert Duchemin
The painting and drawing expert Hubert Duchemin likes to approach market ethics in the light of his own experience. We talk to a militant in terms…
Lots sold
A fair price for an outsize painting
Interviews
Jorge Coll: making new with old
After opening a gallery in London with his associate Nicolás Cortés, Jorge Coll is now heading Colnaghi. He tells us about the new-look profession…
Fairs
2019: a vintage TEFAF in Maastricht
Lots sold
Aristophil: fourth sale
With eight catalogues for seven auctions, the fourth session of sales of the Aristophil collection garnered €11 M, and continued to attract institutions,…
Pre-sale
Jean Riechers collection: reviving the still life
Starting in the 1950s, impassioned scholars Yvonne and Jean Riechers assembled a collection of Old Master paintings, seeking out little-known or forgotten…
Lots sold
Bruegel at a whirling pace
Bruegel year was celebrated in style at auction with a festive painting by Pieter, which garnered a spanking €1,152,000.
Market Trends
"Turquin Caravaggio": Not Toulouse, but Fifth Avenue
In the end, the "Turquin Caravaggio" was not put on sale at the Toulouse Corn Exchange on Thursday as planned. In the late afternoon of Tuesday 25…
Fairs
What have galleries got lined up for the Biennale Paris?
For the new autumn season, several Paris galleries have pulled out all the stops, with outstanding hangs designed to resonate with the fair occupying…
Interviews
Kamel Mennour, still ahead of the game
For 20 years, the Parisian has pursued a single goal: making his contemporary art gallery the best while making occasional forays into Old Masters.…
Interviews
Bertrand Gautier: an appetite for risk
Talabardon & Gautier Gallery, a founding member of Fine Arts Paris, is known for its famous discoveries due to the work of passionate, even jubilant…
Lots sold
The triumph of Bernardino Luini
Confirmed as belonging to the Lombard painter's small body of work, this panel set a world record and encouraged visitors to discover other Old Masters.…
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Records for a delicate touch and angelic inspiration
This French record for a painting by Michael Sweerts adds to the corpus of an artist who can be relished in every sense of the word.
Fairs
Cologne Fine Art: a successful new-look edition
Under the leadership of Daniel Hug, the COFAD had a decidedly more colourful feel in this late autumn period. After fifty years, Cologne Fine Art may…
Exhibitions
Giordano: the many-facetted artist on show in Paris
The Petit Palais is presenting a real exhibition on the history of art, where visitors will discover to their surprise how Luca Giordano avoids every…
Interviews
Christian Vrouyr: Ever Loyal to BRAFA
Christian Vrouyr, an Antwerp gallery owner specialising in antique carpets, has been BRAFA's General Secretary for the past fifteen years and a member…
Lots sold
Battle between Old Master and Modern schools
Camille Pissarro beat Georges Rouget by a short head in a peaceful struggle between two schools of painting.
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Luyckx: decidedly living nature
Carstian Luyckx's brush gives eternal life to these 17th century flowers.
Fairs
The coronavirus disrupted this 2020 edition – one that featured a wealth of major works, too.
The 2020 TEFAF edition will go down in history: offering both quality and quantity, it managed to save the day in an unprecedented context.
Lots sold
Old Masters drawings, from Crabeth to Oudry
Entitled "L'Esprit créateur", this auction based on "The Creative Spirit" was held in two parts because of the circumstances: one live, the other as…
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Rembrandt’s century
Rembrandt’s studio propels the 17th century to success.
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A dapper old chap by Jusepe de Ribera
This unusual painting by Neapolitan artist Jusepe de Ribera found a second youth and broke a French record.
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Talent has no age for Boucher
Good things come in twos! After brilliantly knocking down Jusepe de Ribera’s a p hilosopher: The Happy Geometer on June 16, the Daguerre auction house…
Lots sold
Dürer, Rembrandt and Fragonard: Titans of the print
Awaited impatiently since its adjournment on 27 March, the sale of part of the former collection of Marcel Lecomte (1914-1996), a Parisian art lover,…
Lots sold
The Gospels according to Bruegel, and botany with Buffet
Three days of sales saw a parade of musical instruments by famous luthiers, paintings by Old Masters and modern artists and, as the icing on the cake,…
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Joseph Sima’s victorious return
Fascinated by Greek mythology, the Bohemia-born painter tackled the eventful life of Theseus, while Guillaumin preferred the landscapes of the Creuse…
Exhibitions
'There’ll always be an England': Cecily Brown at Blenheim Palace
The market darling Cecily Brown takes over Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, with over thirty works created in response to the country estate.
Lots sold
The Well-Stocked Attics of the Château de Mouchy
This tempting program delivered just enough of the hidden treasures of the Château de Mouchy to whet the appetite. A splendid success, producing over…
Fairs
London Art Week Winter Goes Online
The winter edition of London Art Week (LAW), a major bi-annual event for London’s classical art market, will take place online from November 27 to…
Pre-sale
The Julie Reinach-Goujon Collection
Precious snippets of this collection, from Delacroix to Rodin and Puvis de Chavannes, relate the passion of a learned family linked to the history…
Interviews
Hidde van Seggelen: TEFAF Online In Perspective
At the end of the famous fair's first online edition, which replaced the New York event in the fall, the Dutch president of the Foundation, who is…
Exhibitions
Peruse this season’s sales in the “Oeuvres Choisies” exhibition online
A rich offering of artworks ranging from Old Masters to Surrealists and beyond, “ Oeuvres Choisies ” offers a glimpse of the sales that will pass online…
Lots sold
Latin America in Painting
Domingo Ortiz proudly portrayed Mexican traditions and François Lemoyne was preempted for Versailles.
Lots sold
Old Masters: Guardi and Coypel
A view of the Giudecca by Francesco Guardi and the Regent’s son in Versailles
Spotlight
The Last Splendors of the Crédit Foncier de France Collection
With Old Master paintings, objects, furniture and tapestries, a hundred-odd works are leaving the Parisian headquarters of this credit institution.…
Fairs
The Salon du Dessin and Drawing Now Art Fair Come Together
Two French fairs are joining forces to boost their impact on a market yearning for a return to normality.
Interviews
Ger Luijten Channeling the Spirit of Frits Lugt
After 10 years as head of the Custodia Foundation, Ger Luijten’s enthusiasm remains undimmed. We asked him about his acquisitions.
Analyses
Frits Lugt: A Life Devoted to Art
Dutch art historian and collector Frits Lugt died fifty years ago. The Fondation Custodia he created in Paris houses one of the most extensive collections…
Lots sold
Vermiglio, Giordano and Cressent on a Plate
Rediscovered Old Masters and period furniture made by the greatest names rivaled each other at this sale.
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Trophies for Daret and Bruegel
A hefty result had been expected for the first French portrait of a hunter, painted by Jean Daret, which was preempted by a museum. But the price paid…
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