by admin | Jan 23, 2022 | Auctions, Authentications & attributions, Discoveries
The last Botticelli at auction? The analyses on the Man of Sorrows inflame the debate on attribution One of the last paintings by the Florentine painter still in private hands will be sold at the “Master Paintings and Sculpture” auction, Sotheby’s New York, on January...
by admin | Jan 19, 2022 | Auctions, Authentications & attributions, Discoveries, Fakes, Instruments, Studies and Projects
Van Gogh’s Sunset in Montmajour: never say never A captivating and surprising story, as intriguing as a noir novel by Michel Bussi. The story of a rejected Van Gogh, then fortunately recognized thanks to the precious work of the experts The story of this work begins...
by admin | Oct 28, 2021 | Auctions, Authentications & attributions, Fakes
Picasso the forger On last October 25th, Pablo Picasso would have turned 140 years old, yet his art is still very current. He remains an extremely important artist for the history of art and the icon of genius.He chose the Genoese surname, Picasso, of his mother,...
by admin | Feb 21, 2021 | Art Word, Auctions, Authentications & attributions
The renewed controversy over the attribution of Leonardo’s Salvator Mundi calls for a reflection on how it has become all-important not so much to choose which painting to buy but which attribution. We have seen several times how the purchase of some artworks was...
by admin | Jan 5, 2021 | Auctions, Authentications & attributions, Highlights
A proposal for Botticelli (at auction) “In the past century, and at the beginning of this one, dealing with Botticelli would have seemed madness”, wrote Symonds, a great scholar, specialist of the Italian Renaissance, in 1877. And in 1895, Bernard Shaw followed, among...
by admin | Nov 15, 2020 | Auctions, Cutural Heritage, Highlights
The picture from private collection, “The temptations of St. Jerome“, attributed to Giorgio Vasari, a brilliant painter, architect, historian and biographer of the Italian Renaissance, was sold at auction at a world-record price for the artist of...
