Decalcomania is the art of transferring pictures or printed engravings onto pottery, porcelain or glass. In the case of a glass vase, artisans paint decorative paper cutouts (colour-printed) with a layer of protective varnish, apply them to the glass surface inside and finish with a hand-coloured wash within. Craftsmen developed a similar technique in […]
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Julia Trickey: Tulip. This month, a notable exhibition opens at Timothy Langston Fine Art & Antiques in Belgravia, London to coincide with the Chelsea Flower Show. The exhibition includes forty-eight works from leading female botanical illustrators: a 21st century continuation of that delightful – and historic – scientific art form. Botanical illustration is one of […]
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George Legge, Viscount Lewisham, 1778 by Pompeo Batoni The Grand Tour was a rite of passage for swathes of the British aristocracy. Many keenly embarked on what could be the adventure of a lifetime and tasted all that Europe and beyond had to offer, from the ancient pots of Greece to the Fleshpots of Italy. […]
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I have recently been marvelling once more at the unbelievable quality and perfection of what must be the most affordable end of the art market – mezzotint prints. When people talk of prints these days we generally think of multiples produced in large numbers. To help define print runs some are produced in limited numbered […]
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In the field of British Portraiture the ranks of artists working, particularly after the Restoration of Charles II, was enormous.
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Rembrandt sold for a hammer price of £12.6 million
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Inspired by the great landscape painters of the 17th century, particularly Claude Lorrain (1600-82), Stourhead is a living painting.
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This Wednesday, July 8th Nicolaes Maes: Dutch master of the Golden Age hails the beginning of exhibitions after lockdown.
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Some of us might be sporting some decidedly outrageous hair styles during this period due to the lack of being able to visit the necessary barbers or hairdressers. Worry not though, looking back we should really not be too concerned as there seems to have been much individual spirit in this department through the ages….. […]
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Further to my blog post last week it’s come to my attention that a fantastic Rembrandt self portrait, one of only three left in private hands, is coming up for sale at Sotheby’s in July. This was a picture which previously was dismissed as being by the master but has now been reappraised. This follows […]
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I’m not entirely convinced about all the talk that the antiques and auction world is going to change irrevocably due to the coronavirus. In some quarters the belief is that reluctant web participants have naturally had to alter their ways to stay connected with the world and, more particularly, stay connected with auctions and the […]
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Further to my blog the other day here is a link to the marvellous Cobbe collection. In the collection there are some exceptional versions of well known works. The portrait by Van Dyck of the Countess of Southampton is a reduced variation of his full length at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. They are both […]
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