OMNP previews select lots from Sotheby’s London sale of Old Master paintings on Wednesday, December 3rd. Below, are listings for lot pictures and information, organized in price range from lowest to highest estimates.
For further information, click on each lot image to be redirected to Sotheby’s website..
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LOT 8

THE PROPERTY OF THE TRUSTEES OF FREDERICK, 2ND BARON [...]

Exploring Leonardo’s Studio [BBC]
A virtual tour of Leonardo’s studio, for both the adults and the kiddies…
Anonymous subject, not so anonymous author. A portrait of an unknown man by Antonello da Messina, the greatest Italian importer of the Northern Renaissance, residing in Cefalu, Sicily.
Sleepers:whose side is the law on? [Philip Davis and Graham Ludlam, The [...]

Love is in the air..
“Art and Love in Renaissance Italy,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, through February 16th  [Metropolitan Museum of Art] [Art Daily]
Further reading:
‘Art and Love in Renaissance Italy’- Eternal Objects of Desire [Roberta Smith, NY Times]
“Eros” at the  Richard Feigen Gallery, NYC through January 9th [ART INFO] [RLFeigen.com]
Love seems to [...]

Mystery portrait is Lucrezia Borgia, claims gallery [Ellen Connolly, Guardian UK]
A rather scandalous story lies behind this portrait, claimed to be of the illegitimate child of Cardinal Borgia, by the Northern Renaissance master Dosso Dossi
Missing Van Dyck Portrait to go on show at Tate Britain [Art Daily] [Tate Museum]
Lost painting by Italian master fails to [...]

OMNP previews today’s auction affordable Old Master paintings at Christie’s Milan. The drawbacks of the Italian Old Master market also reveal its strengths-while export restrictions keep this market rather tame-the sheer richness of available material within its borders still allows for many quality works by lesser known painters to come to the block. Click MORE [...]

In making the transition to the new design, OMNP is undergoing technical difficulties, which may affect your viewing experience…we appreciate your readership and ask for your patience, things should be smoothly running after the Thanksgiving holiday.

The Winter Old Master sales in London are steadily approaching with a fair amount of anticipation in light of the art market’s recent struggles. Following the strong results of this past July, will the Old Master market be less affected by recent economic downturn? Click MORE for a basic rundown of some the notable upcoming [...]

Stay tuned for the next level of Old Masterdom..

Floris Claesz Van Dijk. Still Life with Cheeses, Bong and Good Will Hunting DVD, 1615 (?) (from onfamiliarthings.blogspot.com)
Van Dyck’s subtle scrutiny of the human psyche [Souren Melikian, International Herald Tribune]
Van Dyck’s Prettied Up Merchants, Bankers Star in Paris Show of Portraits
Commentary on the life and career of Anthony van Dyck, favorite painter of the British [...]

With a little over a month one month to go, the deadline for Britain for preempting the sale of this prized Titian is beginning to loom larger. Even with a recent donation of $15 million from the National Heritage Memorial Fund , less than half of the required funds has been raised to meet the [...]

Unearthed Masterpieces
Old Masters treasures from sunken Russian ship to be salvaged [Russia IC] [Dutch News.nl]
Lets hope that the paintings from this sunken, 237 year-old ship were WELL packaged
Trove of Raeburn drawings discovered in England [ART INFO]
Lost Caravaggio Goes on Display in Scotland [ART INFO]
Click MORE for a remembrance of a distinguished dealer, and the latest [...]

Digital mockups of paintings from “Ideal (Dis)placements..,” at the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in St. Louis
Pairing Old Masters with contemporary works of art is a concept that has been a focus of OMNP’s. Can Old Masters and their influence be reevaluated against derivatives of them from today? Is this just an intellectual parlor show, [...]

Old Master enthusiasts in the NYC area might have found themselves a tad crestfallen in regards to the exhibition of Michelangelo drawings up at Syracuse University this fall.
A preparatory sketch for the Sistine Chapel frescoes, now on view in NYC, offers a glimpse into the blueprint of the one of the most magnanimous paintings in [...]

Restoration, attribution, and temporary replacement happen are respective occurrences for different museum masterpieces:
Raphael’s Masterpiece “Madonna of the Goldfinch” Presented Fully Restored After Ten Years [Art Daily]
A before and after look at the recently restored Raphael

Veronese at Austin Museum Belongs to Long-Lost Altarpiece [ART INFO]

Lucian Freud portrait hangs beside Old Masters after collector fills gallery gap [...]

Following up on the previews of Old Master exhibitions in Europe earlier last month, OMNP follows up with comprehensive coverage of some of the major shows, along with a rundown of those recently announced, both in the US and abroad.

Renaissance Faces: Van Eyck to Titian, now on view until January 18, at the UK National [...]

Questions of intellectual novelty aside, putting Old Master works within a Contemporary context has proven to be FRESH this year, if only from the aesthetic standpoint of seeing them within a minimalist space. Kim Keever’s work has held this publication’s praise for more than a minute by now, and while OMNP was not fortunate enough to [...]

A small group of prints from familiar sources like Rembrandt and Durer goes up for auction tomorrow at Bonham’s. With the world in election hangover, could a few pieces here fall through the cracks? This may be a good chance to own a staple from the oeuvre of the aforementioned, however OMNP is definitely feeling [...]

The more things change, the more they stay the same..Amidst all the fervor regarding the art market’s highs and lows-Old Masters, as they did during the last serious decline of the market in the early 90’s, are poised to emerge as a source of stability. The strong performance of Bonham’s premier OMP auction late last [...]

Sales results from Lempertz’s auction of Old Masters in the beginning of October, revealed some high-quality material by lesser known artists, going for bargain bin prices. Once again, these small spots are where steals can be had…Lot 14, a work that OMNP pondered being attributed to the style of Flemish master Frans Snyders, could not [...]

 
Proceeds from the sales of this Degas pastel and "Suprematist Composition" by Kasimir Malevich are two surefire bets that Sotheby’s will be counting on to keep them afloat this fall.
As an economic recession looms larger, the future prosperity of the art market remains very much of a concern. OMNP continues its earlier coverage with further [...]