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Lord Leverhulme's collection gone, taken away! It was a slur upon London as an Art capital, a slur upon England herself, for was not a nation's Art its chief strength and treasure? A steam of tears rose from a dozen editorial pages. With the lamentable psychology...
Last week, came the announcement that Duveen Bros., famed London dealers, had bought six of them-three Reynoldses, a Gainsborough, a Van Dyke, a Frans Hals-for a sum said to approximate $1,500,000.* The portraits would be shipped to the U. S. "soon," said the Duveens.
Frans Hals is represented in this group by his Portrait of a Man-a Cavalier in a rakish hat, white ruff, glancing over his shoulder. Hals reproduced this gentleman's debonair carriage, reproduced also, in delicate red, the warts that marred his countenance.
The 116 pictures in the collection of Sir Joseph Robinson, millionaire mine operator of South Africa, brought $938,178 at Christie's - the largest sum ever realized in a single day's sale at the famous old London firm. The top price of $88,920 was fetched by...
One of the most remarkable sales in the history of the famous house of Christie's in London will take place in July when the collection belonging to Sir J. B. Robinson, the famous South African millionaire will be auctioned. The collection includes paintings by Rembrandt, Frans Hals, Reubens...