Archive for July 2010

Overview of Old Master Paintings week and Christies and Sothebys Old Master sales in London July 2010 by James Wilentz and Jennifer Johnson of oldmastersnewperspectives.

Jul 27th, 2010 | By Ivan Lindsay

The Getty’s beautiful garden vista overlooking the Pacific will have some competition, after the museum’s acquisition of this sweeping view of Rome by J.M.W Turner, for £29 million GBP The biggest news coming out of London earlier this month was, without a doubt, the new record at auction for J.M.W. Turner. His “Modern Rome–Campo Vaccino”
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