Lely portraits owned by bankrupt collector James Stunt flop at auction
Works by the painter, owned by the controversial "playboy" socialite, were offered at Christie's New York this month
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Works by the painter, owned by the controversial "playboy" socialite, were offered at Christie's New York this month
This extensive survey contains an intriguing array of forgotten works across multiple disciplines.
He was the monarch who had to fight for a throne but then relied on a mistress for advice with a queen who arrived at court to find another holding power. And in the middle of their marriage was a woman with ambition, brains and no sense of self control. Our special read brings to…
As a new exhibition at Tate Britain reveals, ‘Sargent and Fashion’, John Singer Sargent manipulated fashion just as fluently as he used his long-handled paintbrushes to dab and dash at his canvases.
Antiques Roadshow expert Rupert Maas issued an apology to a guest on the BBC show after he delivered a verdict on a painting.