Troyes secures the Gréau triptych after it failed to sell at auction
The reported €150,000 agreement brings the work into the city’s Renaissance museum, with its artist and original church still unresolved.
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Attributed to the Master of the Gréau Triptych, The Gréau Triptych, first quarter of the 16th century. Oil on oak, 83.5 × 193 cm. Musée de la Renaissance en Champagne, Troyes.Image published by Musées de Troyes. Source. 
Hendrick Avercamp, Colf Players on the Ice, about 1625. Oil on panel, 28.5 × 51.2 cm. Jointly acquired by the Rijksmuseum and the Mauritshuis.Photo: Rijksmuseum. Image published by Artnet News. Source. Rijksmuseum and Mauritshuis buy Avercamp from a British private collection
The former Speelman painting will return from its Houston loan for a Dutch museum tour. Artnet reports €11.4 million, while the vendor and intermediary remain unidentified.
Diego Velázquez, Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares, about 1626. Oil on canvas, 60 × 48 cm. J. Paul Getty Museum.Image: Getty Museum. © 2026 J. Paul Getty Trust. All rights reserved. Source. Getty acquires rediscovered Olivares portrait after Velázquez attribution
A painting once considered a workshop product is heading to Los Angeles. The case for Velázquez brings together technical examination, a diplomatic exchange and a telling difference from a familiar print.