Velazquez

Newly Discovered Portrait by Velázquez to Be Sold at Bonhams

Released: October 29, 2011

Portrait of a gentleman by Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez.

A previously unknown portrait by the Spanish artist Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599-1660) will be the highlight of the Old Master Paintings auction on Wednesday 7th December 2011 at Bonhams, 101 New Bond Street, London. The work is a portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a black tunic and white golilla collar and measures 47 x 39cm. It is estimated to sell for £2,000,000-3,000,000. Andrew McKenzie, Director of Old Master Paintings at Bonhams, comments, "This is an ...

SARGENT’S MASTERPIECE THE DAUGHTERS OF EDWARD DARLEY BOIT TRAVELS TO SPAIN FOR FIRST MEETING WITH ITS INSPIRATION, VELÁZQUEZ’S LAS MENINAS

Released: March 9, 2010

John Singer Sargent’s The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, 1882 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

An historic meeting among some of the art world’s most enigmatic young ladies will take place at the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, where John Singer Sargent’s The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1882) and Diego Velázquez’s Las Meninas (Museo Nacional del Prado, 1656) will be shown together for the first time. On view March 16 through May 30 as part of the Prado’s series “The Invited Work,” Sargent’s painting—one of the greatest treasures at the Museum of ...

Painting in Metropolitan Museum's Collection Reattributed to Spanish Master Velázquez

Released: September 9, 2009

'Portrait of a Man' by Spanish artist Velázquez

Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced today that a technical examination and cleaning of one of its paintings, formerly ascribed to the workshop of Velázquez, has revealed an autograph work by the great 17th-century Spanish master himself. Velázquez is among the most admired Old Master painters, and his work rarely enters the market. The rehabilitation of this picture thus represents a major "new" acquisition for the Museum, which possesses the finest ...

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Painting in Metropolitan Museum's Collection Reattributed to Spanish Master Velázquez

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Newly Discovered Portrait by Velázquez to Be Sold at Bonhams

SARGENT’S MASTERPIECE THE DAUGHTERS OF EDWARD DARLEY BOIT TRAVELS TO SPAIN FOR FIRST MEETING WITH ITS INSPIRATION, VELÁZQUEZ’S LAS MENINAS

Painting in Metropolitan Museum's Collection Reattributed to Spanish Master Velázquez

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