old masters

"Specialist Alan Wintermute enthuses over an historic work by Nicolas Lancret — one of the greatest early 18th-century French paintings still in private hands."

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"An exceptional work attributed to the Flemish painter Hugo van der Goes — remarkable for a central section in which the preparatory underdrawing has been revealed — is set to star at Christie’s…

"Carved for the tomb of a king, and shrouded in mystery for more than 200 years, the Beauneveu Lions were commissioned in the 14th century by Charles V of France for his tomb at the abbey of St.…

"Old Masters specialist Eugene Pooley discusses an exceptional collection of Tuscan Renaissance wedding chests, or cassoni."

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"Whether religious or secular, the Spanish art of The Golden Age, or Siglo de Oro, reflected a new eye on the world with its singular styles and vivid visions. Sotheby's Master Paintings &…

"Uptown and downtown merge as Sotheby’s brings highlights from the June 8 Master Paintings sale in New York to Fat Free Art, a street-art gallery on the Lower East Side. Sotheby’s has invited an…

"When this painting by Jan Sanders Van Hemessen arrived at Sotheby’s, specialists had trouble identifying the strangely dressed sitter. In this episode of The Costumist, Jonquil O’Reilly…

"Experience J.M.W. Turner’s celebrated masterpiece, Ehrenbreitstein, in a stunning new way. CGI animation takes you on a journey through the magisterial landscape as legendary English actor Steven…

"Old Master Paintings specialist Jonquil O’Reilly uses fashion to reveal the wider context of paintings. In her debut video, ‘The Costumist’ introduces Barbara Schwarz, wife of Matthäus Schwarz, a…

"Watch beautiful Old Master paintings come to life through amazing morphing animation. The portraits of rulers, reformers, gentlemen and fools, by artists including Lucas Cranach the Elder, Jacopo…

LOS ANGELES – The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today the most important acquisition in the history of the Museum’s Department of Drawings. Acquired as a group from a British private collection,…

In the late 16th century Jost Amman (1539–1591) became one of northern Europe's most prolific printmakers and book illustrators. This special installation contextualizes Amman's particular style…

Combining art, fashion, science, and conservation, the revelatory exhibition Fragonard: The Fantasy Figures brings together—for the first time—a newly…

Beginning in the late 1630s and increasingly through the 1640s, Rembrandt shifted away from the dynamic movement of his earlier work towards imagery characterized by stillness and calm. These are…

DALLAS, Texas  — A rich variety of French paintings, a masterwork by one of Victorian Britain's foremost female artists and a fresh-to-the-market cache of Old Masters from a Texas collection…