Works by the Flemish artists Joris Hoefnagel and Jan van Kessel, among others, charm audiences with their enchanting depictions of nature’s “little beasts”
An exhibition in New York spotlights an intriguing episode in trade history , in which an influx of foreign artists to Rome prompted everyone from barbers to lawyers in the city to develop side hustles as art dealers
Claude Guéant claims the €500,000 in question was raised through the sale of two paintings yet prosecutors found evidence that the works were sold by Christie’s in 1990 for less than €20,000
The painting previously sold at Christie’s for £254,500
Around 120 drawings will be on show at the Oxford museum for a limited time
Plus, Frans Hals at London's National Gallery and a Peter Paul Rubens painting inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses
The auction house made £53.9m (with fees) from 38 lots, and saw a new record established for Fra Angelico
Plus, a horror show in London and a Flemish masterpiece in Bruges
The specialist department is the first of its kind in the US and will include a space to display the fruits of its work
A true Benelux bonanza
Next year their collection of Dutch and Flemish 17th-century paintings goes on display for the first time in Europe and the US. The couple gave us their first ever interview
Nine Dutch and Flemish 17th-century works will go to Vienna Museum
As the supply of works by the big names dwindles demand is growing for pictures by lesser known artists