“The forms are pushed to the canvas edges, using tension and negative space as a device to instil a sense of pressure and intimacy.”
The new V&A exhibition on the French queen, who was guillotined during the Reign of Terror in 1793, will open at the South Kensington museum in September.
Carlo Maratti, Study of a woman seen in profile, head and shoulders, and a separate study of her left arm with a slight indication of its upper contour studied at the top, her hand holding a cloth is due to be sold at Sotheby's 'Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries' in London on July 2, 2025 with a $27,100 (GBP20,000) estimate.
Jacques Andre Portail, La Lecture is due to be sold at Sotheby's 'Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries' in London on July 2, 2025 with a $27,100 (GBP20,000) estimate.
Italian, Probably Florence, 16th Century, Roundel with Athena is due to be sold at Sotheby's 'Master Sculpture from Four Millennia' in London on July 2, 2025 with a $27,100 (GBP20,000) estimate.
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