A nude portrait by renowned British artist Lucian Freud fetched £13.9 million ($18.2 million) at a London auction on October 9. The painting, titled “Ria, Naked Portrait,” took 16 months to complete and was hailed as a “masterpiece” by Christie’s auctioneers. This
In an unexpected twist worthy of a Shakespearean plot, a window cleaner named Steven Wadlow believes he may have uncovered the only surviving portrait of William Shakespeare painted during the playwright’s lifetime. This revelation, which could be worth an astounding £200 million,
A Diego Velázquez portrait of Spanish Queen Isabel de Borbón, which was expected to break the artist’s previous records, was quietly withdrawn from auction by Sotheby’s in New York. The court painting, which has been owned by a private family trust in
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