Rachel Ruysch and Michiel van Musscher, "Rachel Ruysch" (1692), oil on canvas, 30 x 25 inches (image courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art) New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has acquired a rare ...

The remarkable Roman Egypt-era work represents some the earliest realistic portrait paintings still in existence today.

Rare, megawatt treasures rarely come up for auction in times of turmoil—and rare, megawatt Old Master treasures rarely come up for auction at all. But Sotheby’s is bucking both of these trends by ...

We are pleased to present an enthralling selection of Old Master and 19th Century Paintings and Drawings from a private collection which will be offered entirely without reserve. Scandinavian ...

An analysis of the auction market’s resurgent interest in the Old Masters and in young artists reinventing the classics. Sellers of fine artworks by European Old Masters have spent the past several ...

It’s like sneaking into a VIP party without an invitation. Fifty-plus Old Master paintings and drawings have been removed from private homes and private collections to hang, temporarily, in six ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. An appetite for collecting drawings has existed since the Renaissance, but there has been a steady increase in ...

The Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours sale is led by a luminous late 1820s watercolour of Sunrise off Margate by J.M.W. Turner; a wonderfully atmospheric drawing not seen on the market for ...