Old Masters

Goya, Constable and Brueghel headline Old Master auctions in London

Tefaf New York proved there is life in the market—can this week's sales do the same?

Sotheby’s buys Orion Analytical lab in fight against art fraud

As forgery cases pile up, auction house is also setting up a scientific research department

Colnaghi to inaugurate new London space during Frieze week

Historic Old Masters gallery will open with exhibition around themes of mortality and vanity

Rubens puts Christie's on top during Old Masters week in London

As the auction season comes to an end, big brand names keep the market buoyant

Object lessons: best of London's Old Master auctions

From a poetic Claude landscape to Rubens's masterpiece depicting biblical incest, here's our pick of this week's sales

Truth is stranger than fiction? New book adds bizarre twist in tale of Prince of Liechtenstein’s Cranach

French novel about fictional master forger is being studied by French police for clues

Smears, counterclaims and lawsuits—the tangled web surrounding Prince of Liechtenstein’s Cranach

Old Master works by Orazio Gentileschi, Frans Hals and Diego Velázquez drawn into dispute

Small works come out tops at new-style Tefaf Maastricht

Recently-discovered Rembrandt, a revamped first floor, the New York editions—and an unfolding authenticity scandal outside the fair—contributed to a buzzy opening

Not illustrious: Matthew Collings on Spanish Masters at the Hermitage Amsterdam

Museums officials have failed to bring anything new to the work on display

Three picks from next week's Old Masters auctions at Sotheby’s New York

All eyes are on Gentileschi’s $25m Danaë, but some other works deserve collectors’ attention too

Artnews

Flattering portrait of Henry VIII helps Sotheby’s dominate Old Master auctions

Work from Hans Holbein’s studio was a highlight of London’s sale season

Exact location of Vermeer’s Little Street discovered

Pair of buildings depicted in painting identified as Tripe Gate in Delft

London gallery Colnaghi joins forces with Spanish dealers

Mayfair stalwart gets "new lease of life" in merger with Coll & Cortes

Dispute over Venetian painting seized by Vichy regime resolved after more than 70 years

Late 18th-century Vincenzo Chilone regatta scene once owned by John and Anna Jaffé is due to be sold at Christie’s

European dealers bring eclectic mix of antiques and Old Masters to New York

In their first collaboration, the gallerists are showing 300 works priced from $30,000 to $10m

Reviewnews

Painting the Reformation: the Cranachs celebrated

Six books reveal the multifaceted output of the elder and younger Cranach in Thuringia

More lows than highs at the Old Master sales in London

Asian buyers were active, but Russians largely absent in a week of mixed results at Sotheby's, Christie's and Bonhams

Surfacing on the market: Henry after Holbein

Sotheby’s, London, Old Master and British Paintings Evening Sale, 8 July

How the Cranachs made Luther unmistakable: Joachim Whaley on the Luther Decade

Part two of a series on Luther’s favourite painter and publicist

Luther, Cranach and political propaganda: Joachim Whaley on the Luther Decade

Part three of a series on Luther’s favourite painter and publicist

Irish arts minister calls for halt of Christie’s Old Masters sale

Works by Rubens and Guardi are due to be auctioned in July to pay for upkeep of country home

Row over Old Masters flares up in Madrid

National heritage office says the Prado should hand over four paintings for new Royal Collections museum

Booksarchive

Books: Tiepolo and Modigliani’s journeys to New Jersey

Princeton University Art Museum has produced a catalogue on its Italian Old Master drawings

Bacon and his inspiration at the Hermitage

See the conversation in Norwich exhibition next Spring

Collectorsarchive

Collector Leon Black hires Met’s head of drawings to help buy more Old Masters

George Goldner will leave the Met in January but continue to serve as an advisor

Taipeiarchive

Taipei takes attendance top spot with loans from China

Asian art is in the ascendancy globally, while in Europe, Salvador Dalí reigns supreme

Collectorsarchive

The forgotten collectors: Five significant 19th-century collectors

The contributions of tobacco heiresses and banking magnates explored

Lawsuitsarchive

Collector Steven Brooks says Sotheby’s sold him Nazi art

Uncertainty over whether the work—once owned by Goering—was looted has apparently left it unsaleable