William-Adolphe Bouguereau (November 30, 1825 – August 19, 1905) Pietà (1876) 230 × 148 cm (90 1/2 × 58 1/4 in). For sale at Christie’s Auction House, NY.
A friend sent me this link today. There are other masterworks at the auction. It is worth a visit.
Donato Barcaglia (Italian, 1849-1930) La Giovanezza che Tenta di Arrestare il Tempo, or Beauty Holding Back Time. White marble. 89 BY 59IN.
Yesterday, I visited Sotheby’s in London to preview its nineteenth-century painting auction. Before I could get to the paintings, I was stopped and dumbstruck by La Giovanezza che Tenta di Arrestare il Tempo, or [...]
A good friend and scholar once told me that an expert was only as good as the number of paintings he or she had seen. With that in mind, he suggested that I attend every possible auction in London.Hundreds of paintings are sold at auction each week in London.
Each Sunday, I visit auction previews at [...]
I spent Sunday afternoon at the preview for Sotheby’s 19th Century European Paintings auction in London. (The auction will take place on May 30, together with nineteenth-century Scandinavian works.) I was so overwhelmed with the quantity and quality of paintings, that I went back this morning to take a second look.
While there, I had a [...]