The portrait heading to the Museo Casa Giorgione in Venice.
Giorgione on show
A ‘hoax’ portrait of Renaissance painter Giorgione by Neoclassical artist Antonio Canova is on loan from Roman firm Antonacci Lapiccirella to Museo Casa Giorgione in Venice.
It is the centrepiece of the exhibition The Hoax, which opened last week and runs until March 10, 2023.
The oil on board, 2ft 5in x 2ft 1in (72.5 x 64cm) was painted in 1792 and passed off as the Renaissance master’s work for around a year, a prank worked out between Canova and his patron. The picture was unveiled by the gallery in 2018 after being in private hands for around a century. The price tag then was in the region of £1m.
A work by Giorgione’s fellow Venetian Vittore Carpaccio (c.1465-1525/26) is on loan from Robilant + Voena to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Allegory of Virtue features in Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice, running until February 12, 2023.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian art specialist James Butterwick has loaned several works to the exhibition In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine 1900-1930s, which runs at the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum in Madrid until April 30, 2023.
Robert Bowman recently sold a cast of Hamo Thornycroft’s 1884 bronze The Mower to the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Harford, Connecticut, US.
Advanced Graphics London
The new premises of Advanced Graphics London.
Advanced Graphics London has moved to 153 Kennington Road in Lambeth, south London. It is a short move from its previous home at 68 Walcot Square.
To mark the occasion it is holding open houses every weekend until Christmas from 10am-4pm (it is otherwise by appointment).
In honour of the new address it is also offering clients £153 off any orders over £500 until the end of the year. Among the artists it represents are Craigie Atchison, Anthony Frost and a range of Contemporary printmakers.
It shares its five-floor townhouse with etching studio, publishing house and gallery Printer’s Proof.
Bernard Quaritch
Bernard Quaritch has celebrated its 175th anniversary with an evening of festivities and the publication of a catalogue. One of the oldest antiquarian book dealerships, Quaritch uses its anniversary catalogue to focus on the current range of its offerings, from manuscripts to early photography.
Seasonal treats
Lots of exhibitions are taking place in the UK in the closing weeks of the year. Some were mentioned in last week’s Dealers’ Diary. Among the others is a collection of sculptures by Edouard Martinet on view throughout December at Sladmore’s two galleries in St James’s and Mayfair, London.
Also in St James’s, Dickinson stages Treasures of Dutch and Flemish Art from Private Collections until December 21. Across Piccadilly on Bond Street, Richard Green has an ongoing show on John Atkinson Grimshaw including three works by the artist’s son. In the same area are several events linked to London Art Week, including those from Fine Art Society (Winter at the Fine Art Society), Stuart Lochhead Sculpture (Natural Mastery: Lacquer and Silver Works from Japan), Colnaghi (Winter Exhibition), Patrick Bourne & Co (The Aesop Tangram) and Agnews.
For its London Art Week winter exhibition, Agnews is offering 22 works under £22,000. Among the pictures are Fried eggs cooking on a stove, an oil on canvas by Gabriel Germain Joncherie (1798-1856).
Browse & Derby runs its Christmas Exhibition, including works by William Nicholson and Walter Richard Sickert, until December 22.
In Cheshire and online Clark Art’s Winter Wonders, including LS Lowry, Peter Brook and Harold Riley, has launched with new works being added regularly. Down in Dorset, Kelly Ross Fine Art’s Christmas Exhibition, featuring paintings, drawings, prints and ceramics, runs until December 17.
Lillie Road, Fulham
More than 20 dealers are holding a late-night shopping evening this Tuesday, December 6, on Lillie Road, Fulham. The shops will stay open until 9.30pm, and visitors will have access to the wide range of stock available there along with mince pies and mulled wine.
Opening that night is a week-long exhibition from Streett Marburg and Charlotte Casadejus on Contemporary artist Lucy Naughton. All these efforts are part of a drive to encourage visitors to shops on the west London road, run on Instagram (@Lillieroad_) and through leafleting and window displays.
Hansord Antiques
Among the stock on offer at Hansord is this 18th century gothic splat mahogany Windsor armchair, which is available for £4800.
Hansord Antiques of Lincoln is hosting a Christmas Open weekend from December 10-11. Visitors can explore the showrooms with a seasonal drink.
Toby Campbell
Dealer Toby Campbell is setting up his own firm after 23 years at London Old Masters specialist Rafael Valls where he is director. He departs from the St James’s business at the end of the year.
Dealer's novel
Former antiques dealer John Clegg has written a noveased on his 30 years in the trade. Clegg, who traded from shops in Ludlow, Shropshire, started out in 1974 selling pine, then oak and finally early oak and fine furniture before retiring in 2004.
The cover of John Clegg's novel
He said: “I’ve tried to write the book on a number of occasions, but it always came out as just a string of anecdotes. When I finally hit on the solution, it took four months to write and another three to get it right.”
The book tells the story of a quest undertaken by a man in his early 40s to uncover the story of how a man in his 20s started out with no money and no knowledge of antiques and eventually worked his way up to run a large shop turning over £1m. It includes tales of door knocking, an illegal auction ring, a court case, a run-in with the tax man and a house clearance in Australia.
It is published by Grosvenor House Publishing.
