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Sandro Botticellis Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel (around 1480) is set to break a record for the Old Master painter PHOTO: JULIAN CASSADY PHOTOGRAPHY; COURTESY OF SOTHEBY’S Sotheby’s sale this month of an arresting Botticelli portrait, owned by the late real estate billionaire Sheldon Solow, has been heavily publicised. Yet, while Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel (around 1480) is accompanied by the obligatory paraphernalia of X-ray and infra-red ...

Magic of the Draughtsman at Master Drawings New York | Jan. 23-30 NEW YORK, New York Subject Line Please provide verification code Email is invalid Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian 1727-1804), Owls on a Rocky Perch, c. 1770. Pen and grey ink  and grey and brown wash over traces of black chalk. 267 x 196 mm. AS PART OF MASTER DRAWINGS NEW YORK | JANUARY 23-30, 2021 Christopher Bishop Fine Art will exhibit as part of Master Drawings New York from January 23 through January 30, 2021, w...

Sotheby’s is Selling the Ultimate Renaissance Painting The Editors © Sothebys The Botticelli is slated to be sold next week for an estimate in excess of $80 million. After Botticelli’s Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundelarrived at Sotheby’s and acclimated to the humidity levels, it was unpacked from its crate, taken out of its frame, and laid down on a table in the scientific research lab. When I was allowed to visit, I stood above the painting, which is estimate...

Purdue names Thompson as 2021 Dreamer Award recipient Don Thompson, recipient of the 2021 Dreamer Award. (Photo provided) Download image Purdue alumnus Don Thompson’s vision for service has made a difference in the lives of millions of customers and employees across the country throughout his career. But his impact and commitment to Boilermakers continues to be one of his strongest sources of pride – reflected in his years of working to advance Purdue’s com...

Christies announces online-only auction of Old Master prints Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), Adam and Eve, engraving (1504, estimate: £100,000-150,000). © Christies Images Ltd 2021. LONDON .-Christie’s Old Master Prints online-only auction, open for bidding from 19 to 28 January 2021, offers a selection of fine and rare prints that span five centuries of European printmaking. The works presented range from a hand-coloured woodcut from the mid- to late-15th century by an anonymous German printm...

Landscape with Rainbow (1859). Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. As part of his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States today, Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden received a bounty of gifts from lawmakers, including a large painting by Robert S. Duncanson loaned to the couple by the Smithsonian Museum, and presented by Republican Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri. The 1859 work, titled  Landscape With Rainbow, was painted by Duncanson, a Black artist, two years bef...

Mother and baby scandal rings in debate over Irish TV prayer AFP 1/19/2021 AFP © Paul Faith Framed baby dolls at a shrine in Tuam, County Galway erected in memory of up to 800 children who were allegedly buried at the site of the former home for unmarried mothers run by nuns The one-minute of Catholic prayer that precedes the main news on Irish state television is an everyday reminder of the traditional place of the church in the country. But last week "The Angelus" struck ...

Christies to offer Old Master & British Drawings including property from The Cornelia Bessie Estate Laurent de La Hyre (Paris 1606-1656), The Binding of Isaac with inscription ‘La Hire’(on the mount). Black and white chalk on light brown paper, 12 x 153⁄8 in. (30.5 x 39.1 cm). Estimate: $80,000-120,000. © Christies Images Ltd 2021. NEW YORK, NY .-Christie’s online auction Old Master & British Drawings including property from The Cornelia Bessie Estate will be offered for sale 14-28 Januar...

Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art in Bedford will host the exhibition “Major Works from the Permanent Collection and Old Master Prints” Jan. 16 through March 27. The museum of art

DOYLE TO AUCTION OLD MASTER PAINTINGS AND ENGLISH & CONTINENTAL FURNITURE ON JANUARY 21 NEW YORK, New York Subject Line Please provide verification code Email is invalid John Hoppner (British, 1758-1810), Portrait of Rear Admiral John Sprat Rainier in Naval Uniform, The Estate of A. Edward Allinson, Palm Beach. Est. $8,000-15,000. Lot 66. DOYLE Doyle will present an auction of English & Continental Furniture, Silver & Decorative Arts and Old Master & 19th Century Paintings & Drawings on Thu...