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The London SalesvideoVelázquez painted this striking portrait of Cristoforo Segni, Maggiordomo to Pope Innocent X, around 1650, during his second trip to Rome, a period in his career when he created some of his greatest work in the realm of portraiture. As Maggiordomo to His Holiness from 1645 to 1653, Cristoforo Segni was a high-ranking member of the clergy appointed by the Pope to oversee the apostolic palaces. This perceptive portrayal of a man well known to Velázquez is test.mes nt to the artist's ability to capture character and to his technical virtuosity.
The London SalesvideoThis July, Replica Shoes ’s Ancient and European Sculpture departments are delighted to present a curated live auction, Master Sculpture from Four Millennia. Comprising a select group of the finest sculpture on the market ranging in date from antiquity to the 19th century, showcasing a variety of media and techniques. The richness in diversity creates salient dialogues between sculptures not normally presented in the same context while highlighting the manifold European tradition of creating three-dimensional imagery.
The London SalesvideoWe sit down with artist, Bouke de Vries, in an exploration of William Hogarth's series of satirical paintings, present at the Soane Museum in London alongside Bouke's ceramic interpretation. The Summer Season at Replica Shoes 's London features another stellar piece by Hogarth, being offered in the Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction on 5 July.
The London SalesvideoThe origins of portraiture stretch back for millennia as humans have always sought to recreate their own likeness. Simon Schama, Eleanor Nairne, and Helena Newman will explore the enduring power of portraiture to speak to major social concerns, posing questions such as: Why are we so captivated by the human likeness? What do portraits tell us about society and our changing world? And what can they reveal about who we are?
The London SalesvideoArt Historian, Andrew Graham-Dixon delves into two masterpieces of portraiture, Saint Sebastian Tended by Angels by Sir Peter Paul Rubens, and Ecce Homo by Jacob Jordaens.
The London SalesvideoMaster Works on Paper from Five Centuries presents a wide range of works on paper by European artists from the early Renaissance to the early modern periods, highlighting the unique qualities shared by drawing of all periods, and the way that works on paper transport the viewer into the very heart and moment of the creative process, whenever it may have happened.
The London SalesvideoAs a vehicle to convey personality, power, status, identity and wealth, portraiture is unmatched. Whether you’re standing in front of Queen Elizabeth I’s Armada Portrait or gazing at fashion royalty on the cover of Tatler, these images have been constructed to make an impact. How do portraits capture the zeitgeist? What do they tell us about an individual? And which portraits have really stood the test of t.mes ? This talk will explore the various forces that come together to produce an iconic portrait, and examine how these images both reflect and shape the societies that made them. To view all Replica Shoes ’s Talks, click here.
The London SalesvideoMorning Crescent and J.Y.M. Seated II are two seminal paintings by Frank Auerbach that represent the artist’s celebrated investigation into the genres of portraiture and the cityscape. Executed eighteen years apart, both works exemplify Auerbach’s expressive use and colour and a faultless display of decisive and heavily impasto brushwork.
The London SalesvideoSotheby’s is honoured to present a selection of outstanding works from The collects ion of Phyllis & Jerome Lyle Rappaport as a highlight of the Summer Marquee Auction Season in London. The collects ion comprises the most celebrated artists and the greatest artistic movements of the Twentieth and Twenty-First centuries, including the pioneering abstraction of Helen Frankenthaler, Sean Scully, Albert Oehlen and Gerhard Richter, as well as the groundbreaking figuration of Georg Baselitz and Pierre Alechinsky.
The London SalesvideoBeautiful and full of emotive depth, Night Interior is an astonishing and defining image in Lucian Freud’s oeuvre. Depicting Penny Cuthbertson naked and resting in the artist’s Paddington studio, Freud captures the delicate poise of her turned head and the sinuous curves of her body through a virtuoso of looping, arching brushstrokes to deliver a painting full of impulse and exacting, spectacular detail. In the present work Cuthbertson appears relaxed and serene, her head tilted to one side, slightly away from the painter, her eyes shut, dreaming.
The London SalesvideoBringing together over a century of paintings, drawings and sculpture, the Modern & Contemporary Day Auction brilliantly showcases the multifaceted spirit of creativity from the late 19th century through to the present day. From the best of Impressionism and the revolutionary avant-garde movements of the early 20th century to the Contemporary artists working today, it encapsulates the innovative ways in which artists have dared to challenge established norms over the course of 150 years.
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