Grumpy Art Historian

Picture: Philip Mould & Company Warts and All: The Portrait Miniatures of Samuel Cooper (1607/8-1672) Philip Mould & Company, Do...

Picture: The Art Tribune The Art Tribune reports a new Ingres discovery, a version of his famous La Grande Odalisque . It's on view...

Picture: Kunsthistorisches Museum Velazquez and the Family of Philip IV  at the Prado until 9 February Javier Portús (ed)  Velázquez...

Picture: Amazon Francis Haskell The King's Pictures: The formation and dispersal of the collections of Charles I and his courtiers ...

The new Andrea Mantegna drawing that I reported recently has been sold for €420,000 at Farsetti , nearly double the high estimate but sti...

Picture: Fitzwilliam The Fitzwilliam Museum's newish director Tim Knox has outlined his vision , and it's deeply depressing. He...

Picture: Wikipedia I went to Madrid last weekend to see the Velazquez show, which I'll review separately (short version: fabulous...