I'm going to be less active here going forward, moving to instagram. This site is utterly unusable with the algorithm promoting politics and conflict nonstop, regardless of user preferences or followers.
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Nice to see a bunch of medieval lots at Sothebyโs day 2 sale. The sale has everything from sculptures to a few miniatures. Will be an interesting barometer for the market. A few thoughts:
- Iโm not a fan of most of the stuff being sold from the โConnecticut collectionโ, at least not at these estimates.
- Major auction houses have just not had a lot of supply in the last year or two of medieval stuff. So it becomes harder to gauge where the mid level market is at for medieval art.
- This auction will have a good number of lots pass. Which will show what the market wants and in which areas estimations may be too high.
- interesting assortment of provenances from museum deaccession, a US Ambassador, and WW2 Restitution
The Donor Knight
One of the sixteen panels of glass in St Peter, Lowick (Northamptonshire). This wonderful glass, made in c.1310-30, depicts four kings and eleven prophets.
@bodleianlibs MS Douce 381. Interesting early Ghent-Bruges semi-grisaille single leaf. The illusionistic border composition appears to be quite original.
I haven't done a ton of research, and could well be wrong (feel free to dunk on me if so), but there is a red flag here in my opinionโณ๏ธ. This painting is supposed to be by the hand of Colijn de Coter and workshop, based on Nicodemus from Rogier's Prado Descent. Yet not only is the face of Nicodemus copied, Saint Luke here is shown flooded with tears while in a completely different scene - drawing the virgin, which is not a tragic or sad scene. I am skeptical that this painting is anything more than a pastiche by a follower who didn't know much about what they were copying.
Sintra, parc et palais de Monserrate.
La rรฉsidence, dรฉjร cรฉlรจbre par le sรฉjour de Beckford en 1794-95, et de Byron, a รฉtรฉ transformรฉe ร partir de 1858 par l'architecte britannique James Thomas Knowles.
El espectacular retablo flamenco de la Iglesia de El Salvador de #Valladolid. Realizado en Amberes antes de 1504 y con pinturas del Maestro del Trรญptico Morrison.