Spain and the Hispanic World

How to spend it? Philanthropists in the past have spent fortunes building collections that are internationally acclaimed for their quality today.

3 D Donatello

You may have been to the Vermeer exhibition at the Rijks Museum in Amsterdam.

A Feather in His Cap

I confuse Aubusson and Audubon. You will know the former is a village in central France famous for the production of rugs – a French Axminster, if you will.

An Italian Job

This is a still life you might see in any gallery or hanging in a well-appointed kitchen today – even on the cover of a cookery book.

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Tommasino

This Gainsborough portrait is far from his most famous and you may wonder why it was the coda of a recent post, Sudbury’s Son.

Sudbury’s Son

Reading about the re-opening of Gainsborough’s House after a three year renovation costing £9 million I reflected.

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