Sentence examples for on old master from inspiring English sources
Experts on old master paintings live for such discoveries.
"This is one of those amazing drawings," said Noel Annesley, deputy chairman of Christie's and an expert on old master paintings and drawings.
After a trip in 1928 to the Netherlands, where he studied the 17th-century Dutch realist painters in the museums, Miró executed a series of works based on Old Master paintings titled Dutch Interiors (1928).
Ms. Romali happens to be a Sotheby's expert on old master drawings, The Guardian of London reported, and the cherub's head among the drawings brought in for routine evaluation looked very much like a much prettier head of the Christ child in "Ansidei Madonna," a Raphael painting in the National Gallery in London.
In the fall of 2005, Charles Hack, a New Yorker who has made a fortune in real estate and spent a lot of it on old master paintings and Renaissance sculpture, noticed a newspaper advertisement for an auction of a rare stamp.
Though Maastricht built much of its reputation on Old Master paintings, the fair has expanded its offering of 20th-century art and attracted a number of new dealers over the last five years.
| Swann looks to the past; its print auction (Oct . 31 focusses on Old Masters, featuring works by Rembrandt and Whistler, among others.
And though I would a hundred times rather listen to him on old masters than old bangers, his explanation of how he came to be spending nights at Wimbledon stadium was beguiling.
The big book index Reprints Related items Dutch painting: Very still lifeApr 19th 2001While Sotheby's expert on old masters, Gregory Rubinstein, calls these forgeries laughable, van Meegeren managed to convince buyers at the time, including Hermann Göring, Hitler's deputy, who bought one for his boss.
But as his fortunes roared back in recent years, he began pouring a significant amount of his wealth into building a collection, joining high-profile contemporary artists like Damien Hirst and John Currin in concentrating heavily on old masters and 19th-century works.
Against vibrantly patterned baroque backgrounds, they take on the guise of Old Master aristocracy and biblical heroes, shattering societal stereotypes.
