The Mona Lisa has become the Loch Ness Monster of the Art World. Every time we run out of things to report someone comes up with something new related to the most famous painting in the world. Now a team of explorers wants to exhume… Read More
“Tiziano Vecellio – or Titian as he is called in English – is a painter’s painter, and a lover’s painter too. His exquisite eye is charged with sensuality. Time after time he portrayed the beauties of Venice, in the long-ago days when the city was… Read More
The auction giant Sotheby’s has some nice introductory videos for their traditional New York January Old Master sales on their Youtube page. There are five this time, including films on a Goya and some works from the estate of dealer Giancarlo Baroni. Actually Sotheby’s is… Read More
Art Historians and scientists from the University of Glasgow have completed an international research project to trace the origins of four previously misattributed paintings. The two year study which was funded by the European Culture Fund and the British Academy traced the paintings, which were… Read More
In January, seven new volumes will be published, showcasing the work of the most influential etcher of all time, Rembrandt van Rijn. Erik Hinterding (a curator at the Rijksmuseum) and Jaco Rutgers travelled the world to examine more than 18,000 impressions made from all 315… Read More
Anthony van Dyck is one of the few artists over the course of history to reveal an astonishingly precocious talent. The exhibition “The young Van Dyck” at the Prado (until 3 March 2013) opens with a self-portrait of around 1615 executed when he was only… Read More
Russian art experts have uncovered what is believed to be an original Rubens painting in a small-town museum in the Urals mountains region, its director said Friday. The painting called “Mary Magdalene in mourning with her sister Martha” was long assumed to be a copy,… Read More
Its history in the Royal Collection dates back to the reign of Charles I. But when a portrait of Hans of Antwerp by Hans Holbein came into royal possession in the 17th century, repairs to the painting already obscured the identity of the sitter. After… Read More
In the autumn of 2012, the extremely valuable and fragile works by one of Europe’s most brilliant painters, Jan van Eyck (Maaseik? c.1390 – Bruges 1441), have been brought together in Rotterdam from all over Europe and the United States. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is… Read More
This unprecedented exhibition at the Louvre (until January 14th) organized in partnership with the Museo del Prado, brings together the works produced by Raphael in Rome during the last years of his short life. This was the period in which Raphael style attained its full… Read More
