Musée du Grand Siècle acquires ‘Allegory of the Tiber’
The oil painting, jointly attributed to Charles Le Brun and Gaspard Dughet, is intended for the Saint-Cloud museum scheduled to open in 2028.
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Charles Le Brun & Gaspard Dughet, ‘Allegory of the Tiber’, an oil on canvasMusée du Grand Siècle Source. 
‘Saint évêque avec un orant’, attributed to Jean BellegambeMusée de la Chartreuse Source. Douai acquires panel attributed to Jean Bellegambe after pre-emption
The Musée de la Chartreuse secured ‘Saint évêque avec un orant’ at €48,000 hammer. Its attribution, the bishop’s identity and a proposed connection to a Metropolitan Museum of Art panel remain unresolved.
GUIDO RENI (BOLOGNA 1575-1642) 'Portrait of Cardinal Giacomo Sannesi (c. 1557⁄60-1621), half-length' oil on canvas, 25 ¾ x 19 7⁄8 in. (65.5 x 50.5 cm.) Städel Museum, FrankfurtChristies Source. Städel Museum acquires Guido Reni’s Portrait of Cardinal Sannesi
Frankfurt’s Städel Museum has acquired one of Guido Reni’s earliest documented portraits, a painting whose authorship was rediscovered after it appeared at auction in 2004 as a work of the Roman School.
Annibale Carracci ‘River Landscape with Boatmen’Galleria Alice Fine Art of Rimini Source. Florence Biennale report highlights early Carracci landscape
La Tribune de l’Art describes a fair focused on Italian art, where export restrictions may constrain overseas buyers and a river scene dated c. 1588-1590 drew particular attention.
Getty Center.© 2005 J. Paul Getty Trust Photo: Stanley Smith Source. Getty outlines autumn programme at the Center and Villa
The 24 September announcement links performances, family activities and food events to current exhibitions, before the Getty Center’s temporary renovation closure begins in March 2027.
The Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia, Peter Paul Rubens en Jan Brueghel de Oude, ca. 1615. Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado Olieverf op doek, 113 x 175.8 cm Source. Rijksmuseum and Prado plan research partnership on women in art and history
A postdoctoral fellowship is scheduled to begin in September 2027, followed by a Rijksmuseum exhibition on female leadership in the Habsburg Netherlands in 2029.
Gerrit van Honthorst ‘Head of a smiling girl (Venus)’Sothebys Source. Beautiful Honthorst fragment coming up at Sotheby’s once attributed to Leyster
The auction house estimates ‘Head of a Smiling Girl’ at US$60,000-US$80,000. Its catalogue records two earlier Christie’s sales that erroneously attributed the painting as Judith Leyster.
Conservation of Monet's The Seine at Port-Villez (1894)Photo © Tate (Sianna Clark) Source. Tate Modern schedules first Monet exhibition for spring 2027
*Monet: Painting Time* is planned to bring together more than 60 paintings, including 20 Water Lilies, while Tate conservators remove yellowed varnish from a collection picture.
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. 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.
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.
