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...Its collections include Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch”, Vermeer, Franz Hals and even – after Jessie Burton’s The Miniaturist became a bestseller this summer – Petronella Oortman’s doll’s house, among the...
...That evening in Waterloo, the king was an up and coming Welshman called Richard Burton whose versatile, slightly nasal baritone could do plummy and steely all within a single sentence....
...“Portrait of an Old Woman” by Frans Hals is on offer at a more conservative £100,000-£50,000, while Hendrick Ter Brugghen’s “Jovial Violinist Holding a Glass of Wine” could fetch up to £350,000....
...Sotheby’s, London, July 9: Old Master paintings A painting bought at an auction in Vienna four years ago for €440,000 that turned out to be a long-lost work by Frans Hals will be the star here....
...But Bill Burton, spokesman for the Obama campaign, said: “After months of reporting and the many questions asked and answered, it is well established that this is not a case about Senator Obama....
...Other great names to be seen are those of Pierre Bonnard, Gustave Caillebotte, Frans Hals, Sir Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Steen. Rarely do so many great paintings come up for sale in so small a space....
...Here are some of the most important auctions of late spring and early summer, writes Simon de Burton....
...Compiled by Simon de Burton...
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