Lucas Cranach’s The Nymph of the Spring

The legacy of a difficult year: Rembrandt’s Christ Crucified Between Two Thieves — also known as The Three Crosses In the midst of an ongoing war, legal disputes and personal problems, Rembrandt produced ‘one of his most moving works in any medium’	‘What we celebrate in Stradivari is his boldness of expression. That begins with the Hellier’ The 1679 Hellier violin marks the point at which Antonio Stradivari created a new style of violin that became a blueprint for generations of luthiers
‘A brilliant early example of Egyptian portraiture’: an Old Kingdom statue once owned by King George III Dating to between 2400 and 2300 BC, this group statue of a father and son came to the UK in the late 18th century	The Battle of Austerlitz as told by Napoleon: An interactive map Rediscover the Battle of Austerlitz in Napoleon’s own words, illustrated by the only map to survive with his manuscript—offered in The Exceptional Sale at Christie’s London, 7 July 2022.