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Consensus

“Scholars agree…”“Most scholars believe…”“It is the generally accepted opinion…”“It is the scholarly consensus…” These phrases crop up, again and again, … More

art auctions, art law, art market, authenticity and attribution, authorship, connoisseurship, leonardo, national gallery, rijksmuseum, vermeer

Copy and Original: Drawings

A while back, I posted two sets of drawings on Instagram. Each pair consisted of a copy after an Old … More

albrecht durer, art history, brief lessons in connoisseurship, connoisseurship, hans hoffmann, history of drawing, michelangelo, old master drawings

Copy and Original

Set A A.1 : Albrecht Durer, Christ Washing the Feet of the Disciples, from The Small Passion.  c. 1508. Woodcut. Sheet: … More

albrecht durer, art history, brief lessons in connoisseurship, connoisseurship, marcantonio raimondi, old master prints, original and copy, printmaking, prints, raphael, woodblock print, woodcut

The Leonardo Business

There’s been a bit of noise in the media around the high prices achieved during the Spring 2022 Auction Week … More

art business, art market, art valuation, auctions, connoisseurship, diane modestini, leonardo, leonardo da vinci, martin kemp, the economics of art, value and valuation

It’s Personal

This Art Newspaper story on the gender imbalance in TEFAF’s upper ranks reminded me that our experiences of art are … More

art history, Bernard Berenson, connoisseurship, Kenneth Clark

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