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Titian Painting from the Collection of Charles I's Plumber at Auction
CNN / January 22nd, 2018
A Titian painting once owned by King Charles I of England and given to his plumber is set to hit the auction block in New York. Reports CNN: The six-and-a-half foot painting "Saint Margaret" was originally given to royal plumber John Embry following Charles I's execution in 1649 as part of a ...
New Twists in 'Salvator Mundi' Tale as the Jesus Portrait Heads to Louvre Abu Dhabi
ArtfixDaily / December 6th, 2017
UPDATE, Sunday: Initial reports last week that the world's most expensive painting sold to a little-known Saudi prince have raised more questions about its new ownership. Reports claimed the 32-year-old Prince Bader bought the painting on behalf of the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, a ...
'Mona Lisa Nude Sketch' Found in French Collection
BBC / October 1st, 2017
A charcoal portrait of a nude woman is now thought to be a study for the Mona Lisa. The work was previously attributed to Leonardo da Vinci's studio, but experts have lately determined that the Renaissance master likely created the charcoal sketch, based on its size, age, stylistic ...
Leonardo DiCaprio to Play Da Vinci in Film Adaptation of Walter Isaacson Book
Deadline / August 14th, 2017
Paramount won a seven-figure bidding battle against Universal for the film rights to the latest Walter Isaacson book Leonardo da Vinci, reported Deadline. The Hollywood biopic will star none other than Leonardo DiCaprio. Legend has it that the star's pregnant mother was looking at a da ...
$600 Million Historical Art Collection Heads to a Contemporary Art Museum
New York Times / July 17th, 2017
Near Turin, Italy, a private art collection with notable works spanning the 13th-to-20th centuries, and valued at $600 million, will radically transform a contemporary art museum, reports the New York Times. In a statement, the Fondazione Francesco Federico Cerruti per l’Arte, Castello di ...
Poland Acquires Art Collection Worth 2 Billion Euros for 'Bargain' Price
DW / January 1st, 2017
Poland's State Treasury announced Thursday the purchase of Leonardo da Vinci's 1490 painting "Lady with an Ermine" and some 86,000 other objects from the private Czartoryski Foundation, which has been housing its collection in the National Museum in Krakow. The collection also ...
Polish Government Reveals Plan to Acquire $2-Billion Collection With Leonardo Masterwork
AFD / December 15th, 2016
The Polish government announced Wednesday an intention to acquire the 15th-century Leonardo da Vinci masterwork, "Lady with an Ermine", as part of a deal for a two-century-old collection estimated to be worth two billion dollars. The collection resides in the National Museum in Krakow and is ...
Legal Fray Continues Over Disputed Resale of $127.5 Million Leonardo
Bloomberg / November 29th, 2016
Sotheby's has asked a federal judge to clear it of any wrongdoing in a long-fought case over the private sale of Leonardo da Vinci's “Christ as Salvator Mundi” to embattled "freeport king" Yves Bouvier. Bouvier later sold the work to Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev who is engaged in ...
Proceeds From Museum Visits in Italy on Sunday to Help Repair Quake Damage
ArtfixDaily / August 25th, 2016
The deadly magnitude-6.2 earthquake that struck central Italy on Wednesday devastated the medieval towns of Amatrice and Accumoli, the village of Pescara del Tronto, and the surrounding region. By Thursday, the death toll came to 250 with victims still being pulled from ...
Judge Rules For Norton Simon Museum To Keep Cranach Paintings
Pasadena Now / August 18th, 2016
A U.S. District Court judge ruled this week that Pasadena’s Norton Simon Museum legally owns Lucas Cranach’s “Adam and Eve,” a pair of masterpieces painted around 1530, when he dismissed the claim by an heir to a former owner in a case that has dragged on for a decade. Judge John Walter ruled ...
Magnificent Italian Castle to be Auctioned Fully Furnished
Concierge Auctions / August 14th, 2016
Castel Valer, a restored medieval fortress at the edge of the Dolomites mountain range in northern Italy, goes under the gavel on Sept. 8. The historic property has descended in the same family for about 650 years. Steeped in history while updated for the 21st century, the castle combines ...
Italy Seeks Foreigners to Head Cultural Sites
Telegraph / May 30th, 2016
Italy has launched a global hunt for new directors to run high-profile museums and archaeological sites, in the latest bid to revive the country's moribund cultural heritage sector. Last year, Italian managers of world-class museums and art galleries, including the Uffizi in Florence, were ...
Italian Authorities Seize Nazi-looted Artworks From Private Homes
Reuters / April 24th, 2016
Three late 15th century paintings missing since they were looted by Nazi troops from a Tuscan villa over 70 years ago have been recovered and two people have been accused of receiving stolen goods. The works, of religious themes, seized in two private homes in Milan last July, were described by ...
U.S. Prosecutors to Join Probe of Art Dealing 'Freeport King' Yves Bouvier
Bloomberg / March 9th, 2016
U.S. federal prosecutors will investigate criminal allegations against Yves Bouvier, Luxembourg's former "Freeport King," who sold billions of dollars worth of art to Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, and other clients, according to Keri Geiger for BloombergBusiness. Accused of fraud, ...
Prado Withdraws Two Loans From Bosch Retrospective
Art Newspaper / February 15th, 2016
Just a few days before the opening of the unprecedented exhibition of Hieronymus Bosch in the Netherlands, the Museo del Prado in Madrid cancelled two loans from its collection. A dispute over attribution caused the withdrawal. Noordbrabants Museum in ‘s-Hertogenbosch is presenting the ...
Italy to Put Over $300 Million into Cultural Projects
New York Times / January 6th, 2016
Italy's museums and cultural sites are set to receive a 300 million euro ($322 million) investment from the government over the next three years, reports the New York Times. In the wake of the recent theft of 17 artworks from Castelvecchio Museum, a 14th-century fortress in Verona, museum ...
Venice Considers Selling Art to Shore Up Finances
Dow Jones Business News / January 4th, 2016
Reminiscent of the scenario faced by Detroit, Venice is considering drastic measures to save the sinking city from debt. Again, art is on the line. Mayor Luigi Brugnaro is tossing around the idea of selling masterpieces in Venice's public museums, which include works by Gustav Klimt and Marc ...
Hidden Portrait Underneath Mona Lisa: Is it Another Sitter?
Guerdian / December 8th, 2015
A French scientist claims ten years of analysis reveals Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa has got another portrait underneath its layers of paint, and it is the face of another person. Pascal Cotte says his use of Layer Amplification Method (LAM) shows another woman's portrait was painted ...
Armed Bandits Steal Haul of Masterpieces from Museum in Italy
Telegraph / November 22nd, 2015
Armed bandits stormed a museum in Italy on Thursday and made off with 17 artworks, including masterpieces by Tintoretto, Rubens and Bellini, in one of the country’s biggest art heists, according to the Telegraph. Thought to be a raid for a dubious private collector, one art expert even ...
Researchers Say Two Works Attributed to Heironymus Bosch Could Be By His Followers
Agence France / November 2nd, 2015
Two seminal works attributed to Dutch medieval master Hieronymus Bosch could instead be by his followers, according to an Agence France-Presse report citing Dutch media. Cutting edge technology, including ultrahigh-resolution digital macro photography, used ...