Old Masters/Renaissance
Why is "Mona Lisa" smiling? Because she just found out she's 10 years younger. Indeed, the world's most famous painting was completed a decade later than previously thought. The "Mona Lisa" has long been dated 1503-6, but those dates will now be formally...
Guercino: Masterpieces from Cento and RomePalazzo Barberini, RomeDecember 16, 2011-April 29, 2012Although he is probably the most famous cross-eyed painter in the history of art ("Guercino," his nickname, means just this), Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591-...
Could a lost fresco by Leonardo da Vinci have remained hidden behind another wall painting in Florence for more than 450 years? It’s a tantalizing idea, and one that Maurizio Seracini has been pursuing since the 1970s. Last December, after receiving...
Legend has it that, after slaying Medusa, Perseus attached her head to his shield in order to turn his enemies to stone. Her decapitated, snake-covered head, dripping with blood, was such an over-the-top image that Caravaggio apparently painted it twice. One...
In the thick foliage of popular and scientific literature on Leonardo da Vinci, Oxford University professor Martin Kemp stands out for several reasons. He is a trained scientist who came to art history later in life, and therefore has a passion for, and...
Newspapers are calling it the case of the “Millionaire Crucifix.” In a year in which the Italian government hopes to sustain an unprecedented level of fiscal discipline, members of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities (MIBAC) have been...
At Sotheby's $62.1 million sale of Old Masters on Thursday, it was smooth sailing for the highest-estimated works of classic art as a magnificent mid-18th-century Venetian canal scene by Canaletto, "A View of the Churches of the Redentore and San Giacomo...
Christie's took a different approach than usual for its Old Masters sale on Wednesday, breaking out works by French artists into their own "Art of France" sale immediately following the venerable sale and following that up with a wine pairing — an...
Can Leonardo da Vinci's star power translate to the big screen? After the blockbuster exhibition devoted to the Renaissance master closes at London’s National Gallery, Leonardo will hit theaters across the United States as the subject of "Leonardo Live." The...
SALE: Old Master Sales at Christie's and Sotheby'sDATE: January 25, 10 a.m. (Christie's) and January 26, 10 a.m (Sotheby's)LOCATION: New York, New YorkABOUT: The end of January brings Old Masters week in New York, and both Christie's and Sotheby's have...
