How the Old Masters painted animals: dragonfly wings and butterfly dust. A first-ever collaboration between the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian examines the birth of natural history.

We know that the Old Masters like Botticelli, da Vinci or Rembrandt used to add animal proteins, such as egg yolk, to their paints, to modify their properties and allow more sophisticated paint ...

In 1998 George Wachter, chairman and co-worldwide head of Old Master paintings at Sotheby’s, heard about a painting that had been pulled out of, well, a barn attic. “It was filthy, black ...

Last year, European Old Masters represented just 4% of the world’s $26.3bn art auction sales. In our contemporary-obsessed world, we’re just not paying them enough attention ...

Art & Exhibitions ‘There Is a Desire to Shift the Gaze’: Meet the Artists Reimagining Old Masters Paintings to Challenge the Narratives of the Western Canon ...

As the old adage goes: You have to crack a few eggs if you want to make an omelet—and, apparently, a masterpiece work of art. Example of wrinkling in Leonardo da Vinci's "Madonna of the Carnation." ...

Christie's London presents Old Masters, 19th Century Paintings and Drawings from a Private Collection: Selling without Reserve on 7/2/2025 . View all auction details, and browse Christie's London lots ...