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Christies offers The Collection of Mr. & Mrs. John H. Gutfreund 834 Fifth Avenue A Late Louis XV Ormolu-mounted Amaranth and Tulipwood Bureau Plat A La Grecque by Philippe-Claude Montigny, circa 1770. Estimate: USD 70,000 - USD 100,000. © Christies Images Ltd 2020. NEW YORK, NY .-Christie’s announces The Collection of Mr. & Mrs. John H. Gutfreund 834 Fifth Avenue, an unparalleled collection of fine and decorative art, jewels and books to be offered across live and online sales in January 2021...

  Botero grew up in Medellin, Colombia, where the conservative society was dominated by the Catholic church. He was a young student of Catholic priests and kept his faith throughout his life. The artist believes that religion inspired some of the most famous artworks from history. He was once quoted saying, “It’s a noble theme for what it is. Take Michelangelo for example. What would he have painted had he not had religion?” Botero then makes the case, “not one important painting exist...

DUBAI: It’s nothing short of a feat to transport an Old Master masterpiece painting during normal times, let alone a pandemic that has made what used to be simple plane trip a weary and unpredictable ordeal. Yet Sotheby’s has pulled off the exhibition of two remarkable paintings at its outpost in Dubai: a portrait of “A Young Man Holding a Roundel” by Florentine painter Sandro Botticelli and a miniature work of “Abraham and the Angels” by Dutch Golden Age master Rembrandt van Rijn. ...

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Sotheby’s puts paintings valued at $100m on public exhibition in Dubai 0 Comments Get daily business news from the region delivered straight to your inbox I agree to the terms and conditions SIGN UP Sotheby’s puts paintings valued at $100m on public exhibition in Dubai Two works, one each by Sandro Botticelli and Rembrandt van Rijn, are on exhibition ahead of their auction in New York next month December 16, 2020 Auction house Sotheby’s has put two paintings, one each by Sandro Botti...

Domenico Ghirlandaios Salvator Mundi Courtesy of Christies New auction records were set for the Florentine Renaissance painter Domenico Ghirlandaio and the Dutch Golden Age artist Jan de Heem tonight at Christies Old Masters evening sale in London. Both were in filthy—though not bad—condition, but being fresh to the market they proved very attractive to bidders. Ghirlandaios recently rediscovered Salvator Mundi blitzed the previous record for a work by the 15th-century ...

© Sotheby’s Sandro Botticelli’s Young Man Holding a Roundel has gone on show at Sotheby’s in London. There the Renaissance masterpiece will remain before being shipped off for auction in New York next month. “Rare, megawatt treasures rarely come up for auction in times of turmoil – and rare, megawatt Old Master treasures rarely come up for auction at all,” says Eileen Kinsella on Artnet News. “But Sotheby’s is bucking both of these trends.”  The 15th-century painting of t...

Perhaps Sotheby’s UK chairman Harry Dalmeny should have a few auctioneering lessons from actress Joanna Lumley. On Wednesday, Lumley took to Christie’s rostrum with typically regal poise to sell off seven illustrations in aid of Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity, of which Lumley is a patron. “This is a year for nurses, so no matter who you are you’ll want a nurse and a crocodile in the same picture,” she said as she kicked off the bidding for Quentin Blake’s illustratio...

Jacob van Ruisdael’s ‘The Hekelveld’, in Amsterdam in Winter (around 1665-70), is in Agnews’ London Art Week exhibition, Landscapes and Cityscapes, from the 17th to 20th century Courtesy of Agnews The contemporary art market yo-yos with the stock markets and whims of speculators, the auction results of its young stars shoehorned into indexes that dress them up as investment material. But Old Masters are a more capricious beast. This is not a constructible market with...

Mandish, one was british, the other from the united states. >> defense officials in the u.k. say british soldier sergeant matt tonrow was a natural in his role. the 26-year-old master army sergeant jonathan dunbar from austin, texas, died from his injuries on friday. >> back here in the united states, president trump is attacking amazon again, accusing the online retailer of scamming the u.s. postal service. >> however, the facts do not back up the presidents accusations. our white house corresp...