All five remaining Saint Rosalia paintings by Van Dyck reunited for the first time at Dulwich Picture Gallery

LONDON.- Dulwich Picture Gallery presents Van Dyck in Sicily: Painting and the Plague (15 February – 27 May 2012), the first ever exhibition to focus on the prolific year and a half that Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) spent in Sicily between 1624 and 1625. The exhibition reunites for the first time the 16 works, all portraits and paintings of religious subjects, that are documented, or believed to have been painted during that year in Palermo. The most significant group of paintings [...]

National Portrait Gallery marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of the artist William Dobson

LONDON.- A new display at the a National Portrait Gallery marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of the artist William Dobson. Considered the most important British painter of his generation, Dobson was a hugely significant witness to the English Civil War but his career was tragically short. This display is part of a wider celebration of Dobson’ s anniversary year which sees the launch of a special Dobson Art Trail created by The Sunday Times art critic Waldemar Januszczak. The four oil [...]

One of the Greatest Venetian View Paintings by Francesco Guardi to Lead Sotheby’s Sale

LONDON.- On 6th July 2011, Sotheby’s London Old Master and British Paintings Evening Sale will offer a selection of newly discovered and important works of exceptional quality and rarity, many of which have remained in private collections for decades. Estimated to reach a total in excess of £31 million, the auction of 73 paintings, led by a monumental Venetian view painting by Francesco Guardi, will feature masterpiece works by Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Correggio, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, John Constable, Giovanni [...]

Sotheby’s to Offer a Newly Discovered Work By Sir Anthony Van Dyck at London Sale

LONDON.- Sotheby’s today announces that it will sell a newly discovered portrait by the great 17th Century Flemish painter Sir Anthony Van Dyck in its 6th July 2011 sale of Old Master and British Paintings in London. The intense and psychologically penetrating portrait of a young Carmelite monk is a hitherto unknown work, which Sotheby’s has discovered to have been painted by the youthful Van Dyck during the years he worked in Rubens’ studio. The painting is estimated to sell [...]

Bouguereau Tops Christie’s Sale at $2.77 Million

NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s New York sale of Old Masters & 19th Century Art featuring Select Works from the Salander-O’Reilly Galleries on June 9 achieved $11,749,750/£8,103,276/€9,791,458 with sell-through rates of 60% by lot, 78% by value. The top lot of the sale was William Bouguereau’s Pietà, painted in 1876, which sold for $2,770,500/£1,910,690/€2,308,750 – the second highest price at auction for this artist. This exceptional painting was purchased by a new collector to the field and directly underbid by a [...]

Houston Baptist University Unveils Van Dyck Masterpiece in Belin Chapel

HOUSTON, TX.- During a special dedication ceremony on Wednesday, June 2, Houston Baptist University unveiled “Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness,” the 17th century masterpiece by Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641), in the Belin Chapel in the Morris Cultural Arts Center on the HBU campus. The painting, a generous donation from the collection of University friends William and Sharon Morris, is the latest in a series of recent enhancements to the chapel, including the installation of the Sherry and [...]

Exceptional Self Portrait by Sir Anthony van Dyck Sells for a Record US$13,521,704

LONDON.- Tonight’s sale of Old Master & British Paintings at Sotheby’s in London saw a new auction record established for Sir Anthony van Dyck – one of the most important artists to have worked in England – when his last Self Portrait soared above expectations and sold for £8,329,250/ €9,207,960/US$13,521,704. The portrait was the top-selling lot in a sale which realised £15,098,250/ €16,691,068/ US$24,510,499, within the pre-sale expectations of £12,340,000-18,410,000. Strong prices were also seen for works by the Dutch [...]

Rare and Important Works by van Dyck and Rubens to Lead Sotheby’s Sale

LONDON.- Rare and important works by two Flemish old masters, Sir Anthony van Dyck and Sir Peter Paul Rubens, will form the cornerstone of this year’s December Evening Sale of Old Master & British Paintings at Sotheby’s in London. The sale, which is scheduled to take place on the evening of Wednesday, December 9, 2009, will also include prime examples by the prominent British masters, Sir Edwin Landseer and Samuel Scott. As previously announced, an outstanding self portrait by Sir [...]