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Goldenberg Collection, a fascinating portrait by Tamara de Lempicka and a Basquiat tryptic. </div> <div class="post-card__byline"> By <a href="https://observer.com/author/elisa-carollo/">Elisa Carollo</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="featured-content__secondary"> <article class="post-card post-card__post post-1396637 channel--arts"> <a class="post-card__image" href="https://observer.com/2024/01/virginia-brilliant-robilant-voena-ahead-of-her-time/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" > <img src="https://observer.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/Artemisia-Maddalena-jpg-5-e1704992255123.jpg?quality=80&w=300" alt="A traditional painted portrait of a woman waiting with her head resting on her hand" loading="eager" > </a> <div class="post-card__text"> <div class="post-card__meta"> </div> <h2 class="post-card__title"> <a href="https://observer.com/2024/01/virginia-brilliant-robilant-voena-ahead-of-her-time/" > Curator Virginia Brilliant On the Old Master Women History Chose to Forget </a> </h2> <div class="post-card__excerpt"> Observer caught up with the curator to discuss the challenges history's exceptional women artists have faced and their remarkable stories. </div> <div class="post-card__byline"> By <a href="https://observer.com/author/nadja-sayej/">Nadja Sayej</a> </div> </div> </article> <article class="post-card post-card__post post-1375303 channel--arts"> <a class="post-card__image" href="https://observer.com/2023/08/crypto-mundi-why-is-a-controversial-da-vinci-painting-an-nft-darling/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" > <img src="https://observer.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Screen-Shot-2023-08-08-at-5.28.03-PM.png?w=300&quality=80" alt="" loading="eager" > </a> <div class="post-card__text"> <div class="post-card__meta"> </div> <h2 class="post-card__title"> <a href="https://observer.com/2023/08/crypto-mundi-why-is-a-controversial-da-vinci-painting-an-nft-darling/" > Crypto Mundi: Why Is a Controversial da Vinci Painting an NFT Darling? </a> </h2> <div class="post-card__excerpt"> NFT artists and companies in the digital art space are still riding the wave of demand created by the historic Christie’s sale of the 'Salvator Mundi.' </div> <div class="post-card__byline"> By <a href="https://observer.com/author/christa-terry/">Christa Terry</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </section> <div class="child-channel-wrapper"> <div id="primary" class="content-area"> <main id="main" class="site-main" role="main"> <section id="loopwrapper" class="channel-content__main channel-content__main--full-width"> <article id="post-1370626" class="post-card post-card__post" data-post="1370626" data-title="A Rare Portrait of Henry VIII’s Sixth Wife Breaks Auction Records" data-url="https://observer.com/2023/07/portrait-henry-viii-sixth-wife-breaks-auction-records/"> <a class="post-card__image" href="https://observer.com/2023/07/portrait-henry-viii-sixth-wife-breaks-auction-records/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> <div 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href="https://observer.com/2023/07/portrait-henry-viii-sixth-wife-breaks-auction-records/"> A Rare Portrait of Henry VIII’s Sixth Wife Breaks Auction Records </a> </h2> <div class="entry-by-and-channel-wrapper">  <div class="post-card__byline"> By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-1362659" class="post-card post-card__post" data-post="1362659" data-title="Two Rediscovered Rembrandts Are Headed to Auction After 200 Years" data-url="https://observer.com/2023/05/recently-rediscovered-rembrandt-portraits-auction-christies/"> <a class="post-card__image" href="https://observer.com/2023/05/recently-rediscovered-rembrandt-portraits-auction-christies/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> <div class="entry-thumbnail-wrapper"> <img width="300" height="225" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" data-src="https://observer.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Rembrandts-white-glove-shot.jpg?quality=80&w=300&h=225&crop=1" class="lazyload attachment-grid-thumbnail size-grid-thumbnail" alt="Two portraits in gold frames held up by hands in white gloves" decoding="async" /><noscript><img width="300" height="225" src="https://observer.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/Rembrandts-white-glove-shot.jpg?quality=80&w=300&h=225&crop=1" class="lazyload attachment-grid-thumbnail size-grid-thumbnail" alt="Two portraits in gold frames held up by hands in white gloves" decoding="async" /></noscript> </div> </a> <div class="post-card__text"> <div class="post-card__meta"> </div> <h2 class="post-card__title"> <a href="https://observer.com/2023/05/recently-rediscovered-rembrandt-portraits-auction-christies/"> Two Rediscovered Rembrandts Are Headed to Auction After 200 Years </a> </h2> <div class="entry-by-and-channel-wrapper">  <div class="post-card__byline"> By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly 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This Self-Portrait as a Gift For His Wife </a> </h2> <div class="entry-by-and-channel-wrapper">  <div class="post-card__byline"> By David D'Arcy </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-1231329" class="post-card post-card__post" data-post="1231329" data-title="These Photographers Have Been Reimagining Classic Artworks Since Before It Was Cool" data-url="https://observer.com/2020/04/best-recreations-of-classic-artworks-dutch-masters/"> <a class="post-card__image" href="https://observer.com/2020/04/best-recreations-of-classic-artworks-dutch-masters/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> <div class="entry-thumbnail-wrapper"> <img width="300" height="225" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" data-src="https://observer.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/Suzanne-Jongmans-Kindred-Spirits-Between-reality-and-dreams-image-courtesy-of-Galerie-Wilms.jpg?quality=80&w=300&h=225&crop=1" class="lazyload attachment-grid-thumbnail 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JULY 19: Henry VIII's warship, the Mary Rose after a £5.4m museum revamp on July 19, 2016 in Portsmouth, England. The ship, which was raised from the Solent in 1982, was launched in Portsmouth in 1511 and sank in 1545 at the Battle of the Solent." decoding="async" /><noscript><img width="300" height="225" src="https://observer.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/07/gettyimages-577594496.jpg?quality=80&crop=171px%2C0px%2C4641px%2C3481px&resize=300%2C225" class="lazyload attachment-grid-thumbnail size-grid-thumbnail" alt="PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND - JULY 19: Henry VIII's warship, the Mary Rose after a £5.4m museum revamp on July 19, 2016 in Portsmouth, England. 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