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Rare Van Dyck etching with a self-portrait sketch offered at Christie's

Christie's has put up an exceedingly rare etching by Van Dyck, bearing a sketch for his self-portrait. This lively, spontaneous sketch is the best evidence of Van Dyck's virtuosity as a draughtsman and portraitist. The image is known from the engraving by Jacob Neeffs, who

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When Lancelot rescued Queen Guinevere from the otherworldly land of Gorre, he had to undergo many trials of body and soul

When Lancelot rescued Queen Guinevere from the otherworldly land of Gorre, he had to undergo many trials of body and soul. For instance, to prove his resolve to press on whatever the difficulties, he had to cross a bridge that was, in fact, an enormous and unbelievably sharp sword

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Jemelia Pugatschew in Prison

Jemelia Pugatschew in prison. The German caption reads: A rebel in Russia under the assumed name of Tsar Peter III in the Orenburg Governorate. A very rare engraving by Hiller, c. 1780, with a portrait of Yemelyan Pugachev

Close-up of the face of Christ in a crown of thorns, with blood on the forehead and tears on the cheeks, from a Flemish oil painting.

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Pair of Works from Bouts's Workshop from the Duchess of Berry's Collection Sold at Sotheby's for €360,000

The delightful "Virgin at Prayer" and "Christ in Sorrow" from the workshop of Albrecht Bouts, from the recent Old Masters sale at Sotheby's in France. This pair of Flemish Renaissance works from the Venetian collection of the Duchess of Berry sold for a little

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Oh, how I long to go back, oh, how I long to burst into the little town, onto our street of three houses, where everything is plain and familiar, for just a day

Oh, how I long to go back, Oh, how I long to burst into the little town, Onto our street of three houses, Where everything is plain and familiar, for just a day. Where people walk in on you without asking, Where there is no envy and no spite, a

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Still Life with Game, Vegetables and Fruit of 1602 by Juan Sánchez Cotán, the founder of Spanish realism

Still Life with Game, Vegetables and Fruit of 1602 by Juan Sánchez Cotán, the founder of Spanish realism. Can you catch the pleasant whiff of Caravaggism?

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Young Ladies on the Banks of the Seine, Gustave Courbet, 1857

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Garage Museum will show its own collection in open storage for the first time this autumn

For the first time in its entire history, the Garage Museum will acquire a collection of its own and a permanent display; more precisely, the collection will be shown as open storage in the museum's main building, the Four Seasons pavilion. The first works acquired by the museum