Anthony van Dyck
An equestrian painting with a newly discovered secret and postage stamps worth framing: our pick of the December sales
Plus a a little-known Botticelli and a sleek, Modernist ceramic bowl
Two-for-one: double-sided Van Dyck to be sold at Christie's
An Andalusian horse was last sold at the auction house in 2000, after which another landscape was discovered, hidden on the back
Painting stolen from Chatsworth House 45 years ago discovered at auction
The oil on wood painting by Eramus Quelliness II was taken in a raid in 1979, though the thieves left behind much more valuable works
Why Anthony van Dyck was summoned to paint a recently deceased noblewoman
This extract from a new book about works in the Dulwich Picture Gallery by Helen Hillyard and Jennifer Scott reveals the story behind the artist's 1663 portrait of Lady Digby
'There are too many auctions and not enough collectors': Christie's and Sotheby's thin Old Master sales fetch a combined £29.3m in London
The star of the sales was a pair of half-length portraits by Van Dyck that sold for £6.2m at Sotheby's, the second-highest price for the artist at auction
Van Dyck's greatest portraits as an opera in four acts
This elegant and suggestively written monograph is the fruit of 70 years’ reflections on the Flemish artist’s portraiture
Charles I disposed of this Van Dyck portrait when he signed the sitter's death warrant. Now it is up for sale at Christie's
The 17th century painting of the Earl of Strafford, recently discovered to have been in the Royal collection, is expected to sell for up to £5m in London in July
Curators responsible for Queen’s art collection lose their jobs in Covid-19 cost-cutting exercise
Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures post, held by Desmond Shawe-Taylor, will be ‘lost and held in abeyance’
Coronavirus: dispatches from Italy and China
We speak to our journalists Anna Somers Cocks and Lisa Movius about their experiences of lockdown. Plus, we begin a new feature—Lonely Works—where we look at individual works of art that are now hanging unseen in galleries. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793
Three paintings—including valuable Van Dyck portrait—stolen from Oxford University gallery
London-based Old Masters dealer says that the works are “an unusual group to steal—neither priceless nor small fry”
Munich exhibition uses X-rays to lay bare Anthony van Dyck's creative methods
Research project conducted by Alte Pinakothek reveals how the Flemish painter developed and reworked his canvases
Top five acquisitions of the month
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter museum collections worldwide, from Van Dyck’s portrait of a princess bride to a rare painting by a Brazilian Modernist
Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest unveils €6.6m Van Dyck
Portrait of Charles I’s daughter was purchased at Christie’s, London in December
Gran Torino offers Van Dyck, hot chocolate and the ghost of Il Duce
Turin has all the grandeur of Paris, but none of the haughtiness
Portland Collection opens to public for first time with rarely seen Michelangelo drawing
Harley Gallery in Nottinghamshire will house one of the finest aristocratic collections in England
Top quality old masters under the hammer next month
Rembrandt, Domenichino, Raphael and Van Dyck all on offer, but how many will remain in the UK?
Tate's Van Dyck show on rocky ground as insurance obstacle may detain several works
Five iconic portraits may not be loaned to the exhibition due to legal anomaly
Texan collector loses Van Dyck case, dealer judged not fault
Claim against Agnew’s dismissed though the painting ruled not autograph
Collectors sue Agnew’s over Van Dyck and Constable misattributions
The gallery catalogued both works as genuine, though experts made no secret of their ambivalence
Tate misses out on a Van Dyck portrait of Lucy Percy
Van Dyke painting withdrawn from sale at Christie's.
Art in the media: History as a developing process
Lodz ghetto photos found in Vienna; Van Dyck reassessed; Tracey Emin in profile