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Painted in 1822, Sun-rise. Whiting Fishing at Margate is one of the greatest and most beautiful watercolours by J.M.W. Turner. In this episode of Anatomy of an Artwork, discover how the magical light of Turner’s sunrise gives warmth to everything it touches as the silence of night gives way to the sounds and activities of the day.

From Ancient Egyptian pharaohs and Classical Greek philosophers to Baroque saints, Neoclassical marbles, and the finest Romantic and Modernist statuary, journey through 5,000 years of sumptuous sculpture and discover the highlights of Sotheby's upcoming London auctions.

Discovered after decades stashed in a drawer, one of the world’s most famous and valuable chesspieces in coming to auction. Offered by Sotheby’s in their upcoming Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art sale, a newly rediscovered carved ivory chessmen dating to the 12th century is estimated to sell for $700,000 to $1.2 million.

150 miles north of London, in the stately Chatsworth House of Derbyshire, lies one of the most significant collections of art and objects in Europe. The famed Devonshire collection has been passed down through 16 generations of the Cavendish Family and encompasses the rarest fine art, design, and jewelry from the past five centuries.

At Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Jeff Koons' "Rabbit" sculpture set the new record for a work by a living artist. The work sold for an incredible $91 Million.

Leading Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on May 14 is a rare masterpiece from Claude Monet’s Haystacks series. Meules (French for ‘stacks’) from 1890 is one of 25 canvasses the artist painted on the subject.

Old Masters are popping up everywhere in popular culture right now so what better time to start a collection. In this episode of Expert Voices, discover why our upcoming online sale The SØR Rusche Collection (1 – 10 May) provides a great opportunity for new and established collectors to acquire exceptional examples of paintings by lesser-known artists from the Dutch Golden Age.

The inaugural “Oddities” auction at Doyle on May 7 is headlined by a sign–an enamel-painted wooden placard beckoning visitors into “Mr. Potter’s Museum of Curiosities,” the twice defunct museum in England that showcased, as the sign indicates, “A Two Headed Lamb,” “A Murderers Truncheon,” and “The Famous Tableaux of Walter Potter.”

In this episode of Expert Voices, August Uribe, Sotheby's Head of Impressionist & Modern Art, explores the relationship that would define the later years of Pablo Picasso’s life through his masterpiece Femme Au Chien, 1962.

The history of the cutting of the Cullinan diamond, the largest gem-quality stone ever found, is captured in documents being offered at Bonhams London on April 30, 2019.