Using paintings of nude men found on art websites ... much better news for anyone posing for a painting in the 17th or 18th century either. However, they added, “from the 19th century onwards ...
DREWEATTS is to offer a historic painting of Englefield House (in Berkshire), which shows the owner of the house Powlett Wrighte (the younger), standing in front of it in the mid-18th century.
Billionaire Steve Schwarzman has caused a quite the stir in the London art market. The co-founder of private equity firm Blackstone has been buying up works by 18th-century society portraitists ...