A bevy of exquisite prints are up for sale this Tuesday at Bonham’s, New Bond Street, including pieces in the style of Hieronymous Bosch, a slew of Rembrandt’s, and a first edition Caprichios print by Goya. In the case of the latter, it amazes OMNP that such an essential work in the career of one [...]

Throughout late September and October, OMNP will be providing previews and results for the biannual crush of Old Masters auctions, at both the big houses and the lesser known one. We begin with Monday’s sale at Sotheby’s Amsterdam, of “A Distinguished Private Collection from Corsica.”
In OMNP’s opinion, the sales of private estates often produce OM [...]

OMNP lists a few more exhibitions hitting up the big museums in the US and Europe in the upcoming months. Links are below. Newslinks have been updated on the right, as well.
US
Exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebook and other priceless Renaissance artifacts from the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in “Medieval and Renaissance [...]

Title: XXIV Biennale des Antiquaries/Grand Palais, Paris France/ September 11-21
Location: Grand Palais, Paris France
Link out: Click here
Description: Old Master works go up for exhibit and sale at the Biennale des Antiquaries this September. For more information on OM galleries at this event go to:
http://www.bdafrance.eu/Specialities-N=1741c3f9-90c7-42cb-905a-f70a816eefc5-L=EN.aspx?SearchArg=1c7aef00-2f01-4987-8603-0814155434c6
Start Date: 2008-09-12
Start Time: 11:00
End Date: 2008-09-21
End Time: 11:00

Here is a last minute preview of some Old Master items of interest, up for sale at Skinner Auctions in Boston.
Apparent bargains can be found with the Fuseli drawing (lot 405, if one can stomach the dreadful scene of Salome with the head of St. John), a beautiful rendering of a Goltzius print [...]

In the age of the blockbuster exhibition, museums pack the crowds with exhibitions that present popular, headlining-grabbing artists. Two recent Old Masters shows demonstrate how this curatorial approach can sometimes produce stimulating results and at other times, head-scratching ones.
Turner to be compared to Masters [BBC]
“Turner and the Masters” [Tate Britian official website]
On the heels [...]

The most renowned member of the Bellini family of painters, Giovanni Bellini was considered one of the great pioneers of Venetian style of painting, championing a more detailed style and a sumptuous range of color that served as an influence for the great Venetian painters of the age such as Giorgione and Titian. This picture [...]

For the Old World, cultural pride is regularly reinvigorated when historic paintings threaten to skip across a country’s borders. In a less restrictive marketplace such as the UK, prices for top-flight Old Masters are at a premium, and owners of works that have come to symbolize the country’s rich artistic heritage have considered cashing in. [...]

After a week or so off, a few links/announcements to run down:
First, a site update: “Why Collect Old Masters?” has been added to the page section below, in the left hand column. This page discusses the collecting advantages of the Old Master market; .pdf and .doc formats will be available for download shortly.
In other news:

“Marriage [...]