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Life-size 13th-century wooden sculpture features a grimacing, multi-limbed Buddhist deity astride a kneeling bull.

California Couple Gifts $25 Million Japanese Art Collection to Minneapolis Institute of Arts
ArtfixDaily Staff - June 9th, 2013 17:49

A California cattle breeder who amassed a top-notch collection of Japanese art worth $25 million has gifted it to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Nearly 1,700 objects spanning 1,000 years...

Houghton Hall in Norfolk is an important Palladian building. The architects were Colen Campbell, who began the building, James Gibbs, who added the domes, and William Kent.

“Houghton Revisited: The Walpole Masterpieces from Catherine The Great’s Hermitage”.
Release Date: 10 June 2013
ART ANTIQUES LONDON LECTURE PROGRAMME. Panel Discussion “Houghton – Revisited: The Walpole Masterpieces from Catherine The Great’s Hermitage.” Chaired by The Hon Anna Somers Cocks OBE (Chief Executive of The Art Newspaper) in discussion with The Marquess of Cholmondeley and Dr Thierry Morel ...

Potomack Company will offer Renoir's “Paysage Bords de Seine” on Sept. 29.

Baltimore Museum of Art Battles in Court for Flea Market Renoir
ArtfixDaily Staff - June 9th, 2013 17:49

Arguments were heard in federal court over a disputed Renoir that the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) says was stolen from an exhibit there decades ago and a Virginia woman claims she is rightfully the owner after finding the work at a flea market.

Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669), Self Portrait with Plumed Cap and Lowered Sabre, 1634. Etching and drypoint, 5 x 4 1/2 in.

Princeton University Art Museum Presents Faces and Facets: Recent Acquisitions
Release Date: 06 June 2013
50 exceptional new acquisitions demonstrate range and depth of Museum’s collections and include major works by Rembrandt, Smithson, Schwitters, Wilke and many others PRINCETON, NJ—This summer the Princeton University Art Museum features 50 exceptional recent acquisitions in a special ...

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	New York Fine Art Appraisers Sees Old Master Paintings Consignment Soar at Sotheby’s Release Date: 07 June 2013 Pieter Breughel the Younger’s “Spring” more than tripled its low estimate of $700,000 and fetched $2.3 million at Sotheby’s Old Master paintings sale on June 6, 2013. The Breughel was among a group of 17 paintings from an anonymous West Coast estate consigned to Sotheby’s by New York ... Read more

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