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Tuesday, 10 November 2026

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Discoveries

Rediscoveries, attribution proposals and the evidence behind them.

Edward Hopper's Old Ice Pond at Nyack (around 1898-1900, top) is in fact a copy of Winter Sunset by Bruce Crane (bottom), which was published in the December 1890 issue of Art Interchange magazine Hopper: Copyright 2026, Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by DACS, London; Image courtesy of Heather James Fine Arts. Crane: Photo by Louis Shadwick
Edward Hopper's Old Ice Pond at Nyack (around 1898-1900, top) is in fact a copy of Winter Sunset by Bruce Crane (bottom), which was published in the December 1890 issue of Art Interchange magazineHopper: Copyright 2026, Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by DACS, London; Image courtesy of Heather James Fine Arts. Crane: Photo by Louis Shadwick Source.

· Discoveries

Biographer argues Hopper’s six early oils copied printed models

Louis Shadwick traces five pre-art-school paintings to published images and argues that posthumous titles created a disputed link between two of them and Hopper’s childhood town of Nyack.

Unidentified artist, The Love Letter, ca. 1671–1677, oil on canvas, 44 x 38.5 cm, Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, inv. no. SK-A-1595
Unidentified artist, The Love Letter, ca. 1671–1677, oil on canvas, 44 x 38.5 cm, Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, inv. no. SK-A-1595Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Source.

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JHNA publishes Volume 18.1, including disputed Vermeer attributions

The open-access issue brings together studies of Hapsburg patronage, Rubens’s globes, Rembrandt print paper and the authorship of two paintings associated with Johannes Vermeer.

A Franciscan saint extends his arms beneath a radiant monstrance; a skull lies beside the steps at his feet.
Attributed to Francisco de Goya, The miracle of the appearance of the Eucharist to Saint Paschal Baylón, about 1780 (proposed). Oil on canvas, 51.5 × 38.5 cm. Private collection.Courtesy of Artur Ramon Art. Image published by The Art Newspaper. Source.

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Proposed Goya heads for Prado study, with attribution still open

Bought as a Bayeu in Madrid, the religious painting has attracted institutional interest and expert reservations. Its auction history remains incomplete.