Sculpture

A lot catalogued simply as a ’French gilt bronze figure of Madonna and Child’ proved the highlight of the Furniture, Art & Asian auction at Clars (28% buyer’s premium) in Oakland, California, on May 17.

Count Manfredi Della Gherardesca 's collection offers old and new mix of more than 400 varied lots

Dickinson holds its first exhibition in the field with Renaissance artists going under the spotlight

The Scottish sculptor Amelia Robertson Hill (1821-1904) was surrounded by artistic family members.

The first auctions of the year at Summers Place Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) in Billingshurst – a live event on March 26 and a sealed bids sale on March 27 – included this pair of rare Portland stone groups of a nymph and satyr by Charles Sargeant Jagger (1885-1934).

Many dealers who put a succession plan in place choose family. In the best cases, it brings in a highly trusted member of the next generation who has long been familiar with the business and is personally invested in its success and longevity.

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

Watercolour of a sleeping feline – possibly her favourite cat – takes £19,000 in Cambridge saleroom

A surge in websites selling ‘cold-cast bronzes’ – sometimes passing them off as original metal alloy sculptures – has led to calls for tighter rules to distinguish them from genuine works.

North Yorkshire saleroom starts 2024 with 2600 lots offered over two weeks in four auctions

Biennais bronzes portrayed Napoleon and the many family members he appointed to poweful positions

Mallams (25% buyer’s premium) got off to an early New Year start with a Country House auction.

The desire by top museums to buy works by under-represented groups, including women and minority ethnic artists, has led to two new auction records in the US.

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including the Louvre Museum using its pre-emption right to secure a 19th century cast of the Vénus de Milo at an Artcurial auction