Ancient Art

Raphael and the Vatican Muse

The three great Italian masters of the early sixteenth century were Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raffaello. A drawing of one of them coming on the market is an event. The author of the work we are d...

Tagged: Raphael

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki Oct 20.

A 16th Century Garden Party 1 Reply

On October 14 in New York, Christie's is emptying the residence of a connoisseur of archaeology, ancient art and top furnishings. The collector's taste was impeccable, which is always a guarantee o...

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Oct 15.

Hurry Up, Luca !

The Neapolitan painter Luca Giordano was known to his contemporaries under the name of Fa Presto (Hurry up). The legend tells that this is how his father, also an artist, encouraged his spontaneity...

Tagged: Giordano

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki Oct 10.

Waldmüller selected by Dorotheum 1 Reply

Here is a small painting, 55 x 44 cm, showing a genre scene in a country house. Three young girls are busy decorating the hat of a conscript. Their clothes are beautifully colored and lighted by th...

Tagged: Waldmüller

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Oct 8.

Van Dyck painted by Himself

A native of Antwerp and pupil of Rubens, Van Dyck moved permanently to England in 1632. He got there one of the greatest successes in the history of painting as a portraitist of King Charles I and ...

Tagged: VanDyck

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki Sep 29.

Rembrandt and Experts 1 Reply

This morning in London, Christie's has invited the press to unveil a painting by Rembrandt that will be sold on December 8. This is sensible: the market for ancient art has a reputation of being li...

Tagged: Rembrandt

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Sep 20.

St John the Evangelist by Domenichino 1 Reply

Domenico Zampieri, better known as Domenichino, was born in Bologna in 1581. In that city he was naturally a student and collaborator of the Carracci. Like them, he reacts against mannerism with a ...

Tagged: Domenichino

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Sep 10.

William Dyce, on the Fringes of the Pre-Raphaelites 1 Reply

For its sale of Victorian and Edwardian art in London on July 15, Sotheby's devotes almost all its press release to a work by William Dyce. Expected at £ 100 K, this small oil on canvas, 36 x 46 cm...

Tagged: Dyce

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jul 15.

Venice is not a Capriccio 2 Replies

Vedute or capricci? Painters working in Italy at the end of the seventeenth century cleverly mixed the two genres. The most active is a Dutchman, Gaspar van Wittel (Gaspare Vanvitelli). In Venice,...

Tagged: Carlevarijs

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jul 9.

The Travel of Houdon in Virginia 1 Reply

The sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon is the specialist of life size busts of his most illustrious contemporaries. Among them, the ambassador of the United States of America in France, Benjamin Franklin...

Tagged: Washington, Houdon

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jul 9.

Goya inspired by Velazquez 1 Reply

Goya had the title of painter of the King of Spain (pintor del rey). It is therefore not surprising that he made some portraits of Charles IV ... and also of the lover of the queen. Having come to...

Tagged: Goya

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jul 9.

David and Apelles 1 Reply

Jacques-Louis David dominated the French art scene during the entire period of the Revolution and the Empire with his paintings whose subjects are inspired by ancient or modern history. A drawing ...

Tagged: David

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jul 8.

Fra Bartolommeo, a Friend of Raphael 1 Reply

A large oil on panel, 149 x 122 cm, estimated £ 2 million, could be the event in upcoming auctions in London. Submitted by Christie's on July 7, it is signed by Fra Bartolommeo and dated 1516. One...

Tagged: FraBartolommeo

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jul 8.

The Jordaens Singing Band 1 Reply

Jacob Jordaens lived in Antwerp, like Rubens, and his work was just as varied. For the genre, his favorite subject was the illustration of a Flemish proverb : soo d'oude songen, soo pepen de jongen...

Tagged: Jordaens

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jun 29.

Ferdinand Bol inspired by Rembrandt 1 Reply

Of these two artists, Rembrandt is the master, undoubtedly. But Ferdinand Bol, who was ten years younger, is nevertheless an important painter, to the extent that some of his paintings were long at...

Tagged: Bol

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jun 15.

Saint Lawrence viewed by Ribera 1 Reply

I have already noted in this group the interest of the market for the paintings of Caravaggio's followers. It was in my article on the superb bagpipe player of ter Brugghen. Despite a more convent...

Tagged: Ribera

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Apr 1.

The War Horse of Géricault 1 Reply

Géricault was throughout his short life a prolific and passionate painter and draftsman. From his youth, he had the ambition to represent his time, as did David. At 21, in 1812, while his style co...

Tagged: Géricault

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Apr 1.

Madonnas with a Long Neck by Parmigianino 1 Reply

This artist was named Francesco Mazzola. According to a common custom in his time, he was called according to the name of his hometown, Parma. He is therefore especially known as il Parmigianino. ...

Tagged: Parmigianino

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Mar 27.

Where have gone the Strength and Wisdom of Angelica Kauffmann ? 1 Reply

Angelica Kauffmann was a gifted girl. Born in 1741 in the Grisons (Graubunden), she spent her childhood in Vorarlberg, and showed an early talent for art. A special success for portraits of notable...

Tagged: Kauffmann

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Feb 27.

Peasant Music at the time of ter Brugghen 1 Reply

The January sales of ancient art at Sotheby's in New York always include exceptional works by great artists. The January 29 auction will be no exception. The cover of the catalog, however, is entr...

Tagged: terBrugghen

Started by Pierre Tavlitzki. Last reply by Pierre Tavlitzki Jan 31.