- Giambologna, Michelangelo and the Medici Chapel explored in new exhibition
- The Met Fifth Avenue and Met Cloisters Focuses on Fashion and the Catholic Imagination
- Kunsthaus Zürich presents 'Fashion Drive. Extreme Clothing in the Visual Arts'
- Significant collection of Asian art makes its US debut at the Kimbell
- "Parfums de Chine, la culture de l'encens au temps des empereurs" au musée Cernuschi
- Exhibition offers a glimpse into the variety and opulence of Spanish still life paintings
- Mauritshuis exhibition reveals an unfamiliar side of Jan Steen
- 'Art of the Mountain: Through the Chinese Photographer's Lens' at China Institute Gallery
- Exhibition at Luhring Augustine presents Late Medieval painting, sculpture, and stained glass
- Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts reunites Charles I's collection
- Masterpieces in focus at the Upper Belvedere: Rueland Frueauf the Elder and his Circle
- 'Mirroring China’s Past: Emperors and Their Bronzes' at Art Institute of Chicago
- Glittering treasures from the Indian Subcontinent go on display in Scotland
- Jade and gold burial suit, finest to survive ancient China, featured in Nelson-Atkins exhibition
- Bodleian Libraries exhibition celebrates first graphic designers of English texts
- First ever Dutch show of Cartier Collection Art Deco jewellery at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
- ART DECO at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
- Tate Modern opens the most comprehensive Modigliani exhibition ever held in the UK
- Barnes Foundation is sole U.S. venue for major exhibition exploring works of Anselm Kiefer and Auguste Rodin
- Bacon portrait of Freud to be shown for the first time since 1965
- Exhibition brings together the largest group of original drawings by Michelangelo
- "Treasures of the Earth: Mineral Masterpieces from the Robert R. Wiener Collection" opens at the Bruce Museum
- Major exhibition of Dutch masters opens at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
- Dessiner en plein air au Musée du Louvre
- Le Kunsthaus Zürich présente «Acclamée et brocardée. La peinture française 1820–1880»
- Animals: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg opens new exhibition
- The Crown of Kerch and Other Treasures at Neues Museum
- 'Andres Serrano: An American Perspective' at Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing
- Royal Scottish Academy opens largest exhibition of its hugely significant collection
- Imperial Porcelains from the Reigns of Hongzhi and Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty at the Palace Museum
- Frick Collection marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
- GURLITT: STATUS REPORT. Nazi Art Theft and its Consequences
- Exhibition explores the practice and expression of religious beliefs in the lives of individuals
- Exhibition tells the story of the artists who fled to Britain to escape war in France
- 'Caravaggio: Masterpieces from the Galleria Borghese' to Open in California
- Bode-Museum presents over 70 major works of African sculpture
- Exhibition presents ancient sculpture to audiences as never before: In vibrant color
- Crocker Art Museum shows drawings by exceptional 18th-century Venetian masters Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo
- Exhibition reveals insights into the use of colour as a choice rather than a necessity
- The Oklahoma City Museum of Art exhibits 90 Dutch and Flemish Drawings from the Golden Age
- "Portrait of the Artist" offers rare look at images of artists from the British Royal Collection
- Self portraits by Cézanne go on public display for the first time in the UK
- Cai Guo-Qiang Solo Painting Exhibition at the Prado Museum: Exploring the Spirit of Painting
- Major exhibition of prints, paintings and drawings by Rembrandt opens in Norwich
- Zeng Fanzhi | Van Gogh. A Contemporary Chinese Artist Reflects on Van Gogh
- First exhibition devoted to comparing Picasso and Lautrec opens in Madrid
- The Dali Museum introduces first-ever retrospective exhibition of designer Elsa Schiaparelli and artist Salvador Dali
- Kunsthistorisches Museum opens a major exhibition entitled “Rubens: The Power of Transformation”
- Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art opens extensive exhibition of works by Gerhard Richter
- Major Klimt exhibition opens in San Francisco
- Leopold Museum opens the most comprehensive retrospective in Austria of the oeuvre of Ferdinand Hodler
- The Cleveland Museum of Art opens Beyond Angkor: Cambodian Sculpture from Banteay Chhmar
- 'Bruegel. Drawing the World' at the Albertina
- 'François Ier et l'art des Pays-Bas' au Musée du Louvre
- Harn Museum of Art displays French art featuring women in the 18th - early 19th centuries
- Exhibition focuses on the power structures, god-worship and everyday life in Ancient Egypt
- Philadelphia Museum to Present Centenary Exhibition Dedicated to Renowned Collection of European Old Master Art
- 'Rubens, Royal Portraits' at Musée du Luxembourg
- Exhibition includes masterpieces by one of the most celebrated painters of the Italian Renaissance
- First Exhibition to Explore the Art of Five Major World Religions Includes One of the Earliest Depictions of Christ
- Rijksmuseum stages first show of Johan Maelwael
- Jean Honoré Fragonard exhibition unites fantasy figures and newly discovered drawing
- Exhibition presenting the art of Marcel Duchamp and Salvador Dalí opens in London
- Oscar de la Renta exhibition opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Rare Netherlandish drawings unveiled at National Gallery of Art
- 63 Dutch Masters return home to Holland for an exhibition at the Hermitage Amsterdam until 27 May 2018
- RISD Museum exhibits seventy works on paper from the British Museum's collection
- The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art presents 'Lines of Inquiry: Learning from Rembrandt's Etchings'
- Major exhibition of 150 paintings and drawings by Raphael opens in Vienna
- "Fortuny : un espagnol à Venise" au Palais Galliéra
- First major U.S. exhibition on Teotihuacan in over twenty years opens in San Francisco
- "Dentro Caravaggio", technology sheds new light on master of shade
- Hubert de Givenchy à la Cité de la dentelle et de la mode
- 'Costumes espagnols : entre ombre et lumière' à Maison de Victor Hugo
- Exhibition marks the 450th anniversary of the accession of the Habsburg Archduke Ferdinand II of Tyrol
- Museo del Prado opens new permanent collection itinerary on same-sex relationships
- Giovanni da Rimini: A 14th-century masterpiece unveiled at the National Gallery
- Renaissance Venice. The Triumph of Beauty and the Destruction of Painting at Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
- 'Adorning the Inner Court: Jun Ware for the Chinese Palace' at Harvard Art Museums
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts showcases art, innovation of haute couture design
- Desire, love, identity: British Museum explores LGBTQ histories
- The MET Costume Institute presents 'Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between'
- "Past Is Present: Revival Jewelry" at MFA Boston
- V&A to stage the first ever UK exhibition on fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga
18 août 2018
A rare dark grey stone head of Buddha, Tang dynasty (618-907)
Lot 222. A rare dark grey stone head of Buddha, Tang dynasty (618-907); 19¾ in. (50.2 cm.) high. Estimate USD 300,000 - USD 400,000. Price realised USD 712,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2007.
The face crisply carved with small mouth and chin, straight nose and elongated almond-shaped eyes below the arched brows, the hair deeply carved in coiled waves continuing into a large coiled wave covering the round usnisa, the head framed by a flame-formmandorla carved with a band of overlapping... [Lire la suite]18 août 2018
François Garnier, A still life of wild strawberries in a Wanli bowl with four apricots on a tabletop
François Garnier (circa 1600 - Paris - 1658), A still life of wild strawberries in a Wanli bowl with four apricots on a tabletop. Oil on panel, 33 x 22.8 cm (13 x 9 in.). Image courtesy Haboldt · Pictura / Stand 341, TEFAF New York Fall 2018
Provenance: Private collection, France, until 2017.
Haboldt · Pictura De Lairessestraat 96 1071 PJ Amsterdam +33 142664454 See map18 août 2018
Carlo Orsi - Trinity Fine Art, Stand 337 at TEFAF New York Fall 2018
Fernando Tacca (1619 - Florence - 1686), Documentary reduction of the monument to Ferdinando I De’ Medici in Livorno, Florence, Italy. Bronze, red jasper panels, gilt bronze, gilt metal, pearwood base, 29 cm (11.4 in.). Image courtesy Carlo Orsi - Trinity Fine Art / Stand 337.
A Highly Important Documentary Reduction of the Monument to Ferdinando I de’ Medici in Livorno by Giovanni Bandini (Florence 1540 – 1599) and Pietro Tacca (Carrara 1577 – Florence 1640).
Provenance: London, Mr... [Lire la suite]18 août 2018
Kunstkammer Georg Laue, Stand 311 at TEFAF New York Fall 2018
Cabinet of curiosities arranged by Georg Laue according to historical record, 16th-17th centuries. Mixed media, 62 x 78 cm (24.4 x 30.7 in.). Image courtesy Kunstkammer Georg Laue / Stand 311.
Master of the St Sebastian's Martyrdoms, Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, Vienna, circa 1660. Wood, carved, 20 x 40.5 cm (7.9 x 16 in.). Image courtesy Kunstkammer Georg Laue / Stand 311.
Provenance: Karl Rutter collection,... [Lire la suite]18 août 2018
Twelve rhinoceros horn libation cups at Christie's New York, 22 March 2007
Lot 144. A finely carved rhinoceros horn libation cup, 17th-18th century; 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) long. Estimate USD 80,000 - USD 120,000. Price realised USD 228,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2007.
The exterior finely carved and meticulously detailed with scholars and attendants in a wooded retreat, on one side a scholar is shown seated in front of a screen as he paints while watched by two other scholars and an attendant, with another attendant heating a pot of wine in the foreground, on the reverse a woman and an... [Lire la suite]18 août 2018
Plaque ornementale, Vietnam, culture de Đông Sơn, ca 500-100 BC
Lot 8. Plaque ornementale, Vietnam, culture de Đông Sơn, ca 500-100 BC. Estimation : 80 € / 100 €. Résultat: 350 €. Photo Cornette de Saint Cyr.
Bronze à patine archéologique. L. 8 cm Rare modèle épousant la forme de deux félins. From a European Private Collection of Vietnamese Art.
CORNETTE DE SAINT CYR PARIS, Arts d’Asie – Art Tribal Documentation, le 23 Mars 2016 à 14h30. Expert : Cabinet Daffos-Estournel. Tel. : +33 6 09 22 55 13... [Lire la suite]18 août 2018
Six haches et deux bracelets, Vietnam, culture de Đông Sơn, ca 500-100 BC
Lot 7. Six haches et deux bracelets, Vietnam, culture de Đông Sơn, ca 500-100 BC. Estimation : 100 € / 200 €. Résultat: 150 €. Collection Alain Truong (3 haches et un bracelet), Collection Philippe Truong (3 haches et un bracelet). Photo Cornette de Saint Cyr.
Bronze à patine archéologique. L. 10, à 5 cm
From a European Private Collection of Vietnamese Art
CORNETTE DE SAINT CYR PARIS, Arts d’Asie – Art Tribal Documentation, le 23 Mars 2016 à 14h30. Expert : Cabinet... [Lire la suite]18 août 2018
Quatre poignards et un bracelet, Vietnam, culture de Đông Sơn, ca 500-100 BC
Lot 6. Quatre poignards et un bracelet, Vietnam, culture de Đông Sơn, ca 500-100 BC. Estimation : 100 € / 200 €. Résultat: 180 €. Collection Alain Truong (2 poignards), Collection Philippe Truong (deux poignards et le bracelet). Photo Cornette de Saint Cyr.
Bronze à patine archéologique. L. 30 à 6 cm From a European Private Collection of Vietnamese Art.
CORNETTE DE SAINT CYR PARIS, Arts d’Asie – Art Tribal Documentation, le 23 Mars 2016 à 14h30. Expert : Cabinet... [Lire la suite]18 août 2018
Tambour miniature, Vietnam, culture de Đông Sơn, ca 500-100 BC
Lot 1. Tambour miniature, Vietnam, culture de Đông Sơn, ca 500-100 BC. Estimation : 300 € / 500 €. Résultat: 360 €. Photo Cornette de Saint Cyr.
Bronze à patine archéologique. H. 5,50 cm, D. 6 cm.Accidents et manques visibles.
From a European Private Collection of Vietnamese Art.
CORNETTE DE SAINT CYR PARIS, Arts d’Asie – Art Tribal Documentation, le 23 Mars 2016 à 14h30. Expert : Cabinet Daffos-Estournel. Tel. : +33 6 09 22 55 13... [Lire la suite]18 août 2018
Wartski, Stand 311, at TEFAF New York Fall 2018
Brooch, England, circa 1842. Gold, garnet and pearls, 3.9 x 2.2 cm (1.5 x 0.9 in.). Image courtesy Wartski / Stand 311.
This circular brooch was presented to Her late Majesty Queen Victoria (1819-1901) by His late Royal Highness Prince Albert (1819-1861).
The form is inspired by the celebrated brooch of Lorne, a silver medieval turreted disc brooch, apocryphally thought to have been taken in battle from Robert the Bruce (Robert I of Scotland) at the battle of Dalrigh in 1307. The historic jewel was shown to Queen Victoria... [Lire la suite]