The 17th century painting of the Earl of Strafford, recently discovered to have been in the Royal collection, is expected to sell for up to £5m in London in July

Painting is the only surviving contemporary image of the monarch

Established dealership will manage restoration and authentication of disputed work offered at auction for €1,500

Seized as part of a forgery investigation, the work has been fully studied and must no longer be kept as evidence

The cult of the individual reigns supreme but in reality Renaissance works were often not made by one hand

Bizarre story of a painting discovered in a French village, said by its owner to be a self-portrait by Cellini, is told in a new BBC radio series

Plus, the story of a notorious forger and artist Collier Schorr on August Sander

Frances Beatty remembers a mentor who would rather give you a lecture on Max Beckmann or Peter Saul than sell you a Van Gogh, but who could do both

New York gallerist railed against auction houses, the inflation of prices and reputations, the industrial expansion of the art market, while still doing great business

An heir of an early owner claims that family members conspired to have it sold without his knowledge

The Met director Max Hollein pays tribute to the late gallery owner and collector, who also promoted artists from Max Beckmann to Peter Saul

Plus, Gerard Byrne on his work inspired by a Swedish diorama

Suzy Lewis recalls the "absolute disaster" of the painting's 1982 sale

Our pick of highlights from New York's Master Week sales

‘Abraham and the Angels’ is one of only two Old Testament paintings to remain in private hands

From Eugene Von Bruenchenhein’s rapturous paintings to Brassaï’s Parisian underground

Christie's end of season Old Masters evening sale in London totals £22.8m, despite last-minute withdrawal of Bernadino Luini's Nativity

The pandemic has forced a resolutely analogue trade to go digital. Despite the technical hurdles, the results have surprised even traditionalists

The 17th century painting of a young girl blowing on brazier by the French baroque painter sold at Lempertz in Germany today

While the royal residence is under repair, some of the Royal Collection’s most famous paintings have been relocated and displayed in a more convenient setting

The work was offered for sale at £1.5m to £2.5m in 2019 but US collector Bill Middendorf has decided to give it to the Belgian city

Exhibition will include the never previously exhibited transcript of the Rome trial when Artemisia accused a fellow artist of rape

The view of Dresden's Zwinger moat had been returned to the heirs of Max Emden and will now be offered for sale in London on 28 July

José Manuel Ballester, the Spanish artist behind a series of reimagined Old Master paintings shared widely online during the coronavirus pandemic, has created a new work to help raise funds for Italy’s Pinacoteca de Brera

Exhibited from today at Dresden’s Kupferstich-Kabinett, the picture of an old man is the only undisputed drawing by the Dutch Old Master that survives

As part of a growing trend, Sotheby's is launching The Dealer's Eye, two sales of works consigned by nearly 40 Old Master galleries in London and New York

A Young Woman with a Wine Glass and a Musician playing a Tenor Recorder could be a copy of a work by the great Dutch painter

“Once in a lifetime exhibition”, which closed early due to the coronavirus outbreak, will not be extended

Camillo Palladini was a master swordsman whose work has been lost for centuries until this publication

The hype surrounding major anniversary celebrations saw big turnouts for Bruegel, Leonardo and Rembrandt