‘Not a Rembrandt’ painting gets $4.5M

LONDON – A museum in the Netherlands said the portrait was not by Rembrandt, and the provincial auction house in England was only advertising it as a work by one [...]

Starting today, the ‘Last Supper’ will travel on the Internet at 16 billion pixels

Today, for the very first time, The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, the most famous, most discussed and most controversial work of art of all time, declared a World Heritage work of art and registered at the UNESCO worldwide sites, can be seen by all, in all its details, on the website: Haltadefinizione
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Raj painting sells for over $1m

A historic painting of a meeting between British and Indian officials during the days of the Raj has sold for 12 times its estimated value. The picture – painted by Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma in 1880 – sold for £602,400 ($1.24m).
It was sold by the London auctioneer, Bonhams, on Friday [...]