Bottega d’Arte Toscana – Ancient Italian Gold Art Techniques in the 21st Century | Exclusive Interview with Silvia SalvadoriExclusive Interview with ‘Mon Dieu’ Gallery Owners Juno Youn and Spencer Walker | Part 3‘Art is Freedom. I Make Art.’ Exclusive Interview with Willem Vos | Part 1From Visa to Victory: How Brazilian Model Camila Alves Built a Life in Los Angeles
Rare Gandhi Portrait Achieves £152,800, Tripling Its EstimateBanksy’s British Cool Mickey Snake Triumphs at Bonhams, Selling for £330,600Whistler’s First Portrait Commission Sells for Five Times Estimate, Fetching $495,000Bridget Riley Stuns Art World as Myrrh Soars to $2.36M at BonhamsReception in the Harem: Discovered Masterpiece by John Frederick Lewis Shatters Expectations, Selling for Almost $1.5 MillionRare Qianlong 'Dragon' Vase Stuns at Auction, Sells for $3.7 Million—Over Six Times Its EstimateRenowned Vietnamese Artist Nguyen Gia Tri’s War Painting Fetches Over $500,000 at BonhamsLegendary Stradivarius Violin Fetches $11 Million at Sotheby’s, Falling Short of World RecordBoston Red Sox Memorabilia Hits It Out of the Park as Lucchino’s Baseball Collection Brings in $740KA Love Letter to India: Sayed Haider Raza’s La Terre Sells for Record-Breaking $4.2 MillionRare Chinese 'Dragon' Vase Fetches Over €1.1 Million in ParisEarly Van Gogh Sketch Sells for Over $1.48 Million at Bonhams London AuctionSurreal Nudes: Paul Delvaux’s Masterpiece L’Orage Sells for $1.6 MillionOldest Ten Commandments Tablet Shatters Auction Records, Selling for $5 Million at Sotheby’sStunning Discovery: Van Dyck’s Only Surviving Landscape Found and Sold for Over $4 Million

Tag: Vasily Polenov

Important Vasily Polenov Masterpiece Sells for $1.7 Million at Bonhams, Setting a World Record

By on • ( 2 Comments )

In a remarkable event at Bonhams 19th century and British Impressionist Art Sale today, an exquisite oil on canvas by Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov (1844-1927) stole the spotlight, fetching an astonishing £1,379,000 ($1,760,000). The painting, titled ‘And she went and told them that she had been with Him as they mourned and wept’, is a part of Polenov’s renowned series, ‘The Life of Christ’. Initially estimated to sell for £400,000-600,000, the final price far exceeded expectations, marking a significant moment in the art world.

Bonhams Unveils Important Vasily Polenov Masterpiece at their 19th Century Impressionist Art Auction in London

By on • ( 1 Comment )

A rare oil painting by the Russian artist Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov (1844-1927), part of a series titled ‘The Life of Christ,’ will take center stage at Bonhams’ upcoming 19th-century and British Impressionist Art Sale on March 20 at New Bond Street in London. Entitled ‘And she went and told them that she had been with Him as they mourned and wept,’ the artwork is expected to fetch between £400,000 and £600,000. Another painting from the same series, ‘There were also women looking from afar off,’ achieved a price of over £1.5 million at Bonhams last year.