Fine Art

The demand for a well-documented genre painting by the 17th century Flemish artist Jan Steen surprised the auctioneers at Döbritz (26% buyer’s premium) in Frankfurt.

A spring sale at Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer (25% buyer’s premium) in Basel was devoted to works of art from an impressive, wide-ranging Swiss collection.

This terracotta sculpture, 'The Triumph of Silenus', is among the highlights at Willoughby Gerrish’s exhibition 'Alfred Drury and the New Sculpture Movement'.

A recently discovered floral still-life by Jan Davidsz de Heem sold for €2.8m.

Roger Godchaux is regarded as one of the most accomplished French animalier sculptors of the first half of the 20th century.

Spotlight on specialist traders, a fresh online offering, the creation of new styles and revitalising antique items

Sketches at the Time of the Commencement of British Intercourse with Japan, an album containing 76 watercolours and drawings and 126 wood engravings from the last days of the Edo period, sold for £16,000 at Dominic Winter (22% buyer’s premium).

Local landscapes by brother of the prominent Modern British artist Paul are now witnessing growing demand

Many works by the great British artist are now owned by institutions but smaller paintings and sketches are common sights at salerooms

Artist survived a shipwreck but then spent a decade creating portraits and views of the local landscape

A wide range of dealer exhibitions are on offer to brighten up this summer even further. Here is a selection

Photo albums contain some of the first images of the remote country plus enthronement of the Dalai Lama

Hazlitt Holland Hibbert has announced that it will represent the estate of Modern British artist Victor Pasmore (1908-88) along with Frankie Rossi Art (both based in Bury Street, St James’s).

The Salvator Mundi drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci’s workshop which sold for €500,000 (ATG No 2692) was not the only sought-after work at Dorotheum’s (28/25/22% buyer’s premium) spring Old Master sale.