Da Vinci Discovered: Painting Gains Attribution After Careful Scholarship and Conservation

NEW YORK, NY.- A lost painting by Leonardo da Vinci has been identified in an American collection and will be exhibited for the first time this November. Titled Salvator Mundi (Savior of the World) and dating around 1500, the newly discovered masterpiece depicts a half-length figure of Christ facing frontally, holding a crystal orb in his left hand as he raises his right in blessing. One of some 15 surviving Leonardo oil paintings, the work will be included in “Leonardo da [...]

Tate Offers a Fresh Assessment of the History of Watercolour Painting in Britain

LONDON.- Tate Britain will present a fresh assessment of the history of watercolour painting in Britain from its emergence in the Middle Ages through to the present day. This major exhibition will show around 200 works including pieces by historic artists such as William Blake, Thomas Girtin and JMW Turner, through to modern and contemporary artists including Patrick Heron, Peter Doig and Tracey Emin. Drawing out a grand history which traces the origins of watercolour back to medieval illuminated manuscripts, [...]

Detailed Drawing of London’s Old St. Paul’s Cathedral, to Be Sold at Sotheby’s

LONDON.- A remarkable previously undocumented drawing by the Bohemian artist Wenceslaus Hollar which provides a unique visual record of the appearance of the East end of London’s Old St. Paul’s Cathedral, has been brought, unannounced, into Sotheby’s Bond Street offices, and will be auctioned on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 (est. £60,000-80,000, illustrated above). One of the most important buildings that the Great Fire of London destroyed in 1666 was the city’s Medieval Cathedral, St. Paul’s. The ruins of the old [...]