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Books and works on paper: Dante and discovery delights
21 March 2022Venetian edition of Commedia, lunar map and account of Polar voyages surface in Milan.
Melling’s view of Constantinople offered in French sale
21 March 2022This early 19th century watercolour drawing of Constantinople seen from the heights of Eyoub will be one of the attractions in a sale of furniture and works of art at Ivoire Troyes in the city on March 26.
Château furnishings assembled over generations emerge at auction
21 March 2022The contents of the Château de Jouac in Haute-Vienne, which was the family home of Clovis Trouille (1889-1975), an artist associated with the French Surrealists, are to be offered by Mirabaud Mercier.
French fairs schedule returns to some normality – with caveats
21 March 2022The French fairs calendar has developed a certain rhythmical repetition over the years but this has been changed as Covid restrictions necessitate cancellations and postponements.
Chinese seal with a taste of spinach
21 March 2022A highlight of the Asian arts sale to be held by Beaussant Lefèvre at Drouot in Paris on April 15 will be this Qing dynasty spinach-green nephrite jade imperial seal that belonged to the Qianlong Emperor (1736-95).
Killarneyware chess set checks in at saleroom
21 March 2022During the 19th century visitors seeking out idyllic lakeland views caused a mild tourist boom in the southwest corner of Ireland.
Château de Chambord window returns to original home in private sale
21 March 2022The French auction firm Rouillac has successfully made a private sale to the Château de Chambord for one of its original 16th century windows thought to have been removed during the revolution.
Russian art auctions cancelled in wake of new sanctions
16 March 2022In the wake of new sanctions on Russia, Sotheby’s and Christie’s have both said they are cancelling auctions of Russian art scheduled for June.
Barcelona bidders on the trail of a ‘Bouts’ portrait
14 March 2022A portrait of a 15th century Flemish man drew a protracted bidding battle in Barcelona this month after speculation it could be an elusive work by Dieric Bouts (c.1415-75).
Kubin’s disturbing demonic creations to be offered in Basel
14 March 2022Works by Alfred Kubin will be offered at a Swiss auction this month.
Sale season off to a roaring start in Germany
14 March 2022The most cherished coin from the reign of Victoria proved popular at a German saleroom
Painting inspired by icy adventures sails into Stuttgart auction
14 March 2022For several years, from 1902-06, the 'Oihonna', an ice-strengthened passenger ship belonging to the Finland Steamship Company, undertook regular cruises to the Norwegian archipelago of Spitzbergen.
Restituted Lovis Corinth comes to auction in Cologne
14 March 2022Earlier this year the Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Brussels restituted a painting from its collection for the first time: Lovis Corinth’s (1858-1925) 'Still Life: Red and Pink Roses in a Vase on a Tablecloth (Flowers)' of 1913.
Ulmann collection: Drawings amassed by doctor duo go under the hammer
14 March 2022More than 1000 Old Master drawings offered in around 500 lots over two days went under the hammer of Beaussant Lefèvre (27% buyer’s premium inc VAT) at Drouot on February 10-11 when the auction firm dispersed the collection of Jacques and Colette Ulmann.
Wiener Werkstätte design catches the eye at Metz
14 March 2022Among the eye-catchers in the general auction at Metz in Heidelberg on March 25-26 is a small, partly enamelled silver box with a gilt interior.
Commode linked to Parisian ebeniste Nicolas Sageot offered in Swiss sale
14 March 2022Among the contemporaries of André Charles Boulle, who perfected the complex form of marquetry that bears his name, was the Parisian ebeniste Nicolas Sageot.
Collection from German castle hidden in wooden crates for 90 years emerges in Munich
14 March 2022More than 600 lots at Neumeister’s Munich sale on March 30 have been hidden from public view for 90 years, packed in wooden crates.
Story of a redoubtable Irish nationalist and social reformer
14 March 2022Kathleen Lynn can be seen very much as a modern woman of her time. The daughter of a County Mayo Church of Ireland rector, her upbringing was conservatively Protestant and Unionist but she became politically radicalised through her exposure to the poverty of Dublin’s slums while she studied medicine.
Old Masters: Young auctioneers touched by a 16th century angel
14 March 2022French rediscovery of a German artist’s work leads a look at the Old Masters market
French inventor Colmar's Arithmomètre sells in German saleroom
14 March 2022Although the French inventor Charles-Xavier Thomas de Colmar introduced the first model of his calculating machine Arithmomètre in 1820, he waited some 30 years before he started producing them in series.
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