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The Musée d'Orsay has published a detailed catalogue entry for Ernest Meissonier's oil-on-wood painting 'L'Empereur à la bataille de Solférino' (1863), which depicts Napoleon III at the 1859 Battle of Solferino.
On October 13, 2026, Sadie Coles HQ announced that artist Sarah Lucas will be featured in 'Across Epochs: Gursky, Lucas, Miró, Warhol and the Art of the Long 19th Century' at the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin.
Aguttes will auction a 19th-century silver plate for serving hot chestnuts, crafted by the renowned Parisian silversmith Odiot, on October 15, 2026, at its Gennevilliers saleroom. The plate, designed to imitate a folded napkin, features hinged compartments to keep chestnuts warm.
Bonhams' 19th Century & British Impressionist Art Sale on 23 September 2026 at its New Bond Street location in London saw strong results, with the top lot being Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky's 'An oxwagon traversing a ford on a moonlit evening,' which sold for £635,400—five times its pre-sale e.
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has placed on view the complete series "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), one of the 19th century's most important Japanese printmakers.
Bonhams will offer Marie Stillman's painting 'The Last Sight of Fiammetta' in its 19th Century and British Impressionist Art sale in London on Wednesday 21 September. The work, painted in 1876, has been in the same private collection for more than 50 years and is estimated at £70,000-100,000.
The Musée d'Orsay in Paris has acquired a significant collection of works by Symbolist painter Gustave Moreau, including paintings, drawings, and personal letters.
The Musée d'Orsay announced the acquisition of 333 historical photographs from a private collection, featuring works by early photographers such as Robert Jefferson Bingham, Henri de La Blanchère, and Adolphe Hervier.
The National Portrait Gallery in London has acquired the only known photographs of Ada Lovelace through a private treaty sale facilitated by Bonhams.
Osman Hamdi Bey's Cami Kapisinda achieved £3,678,400 at Bonhams' 19th Century Paintings and British Impressionist Art sale on 25 March at Bonhams New Bond Street, London.
Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr will hold its Old Master Paintings sale in Paris on 21 April 2026.
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