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Perhaps the greatest talent of a painter is undoubtedly the psychological capture of his model and the reflection of this in the work. The expressiveness of the characters usually comes from the poses...

Peninsular sculpture began to be slowly renewed from the end of the 19th century. Starting from precedents ascribed to realism, a first horizon of modernization emerged at the beginning of the 20th ce...

Setdart presents an exclusive collection of Russian icons, never seen before in Spain. A set made up of more than seventy pieces, witnesses of times that have crossed borders to finally reach our room...

Built on centuries of tradition, this beautiful villa nestled in the heart of the Catalan region of Maresme, very close to the beach and the great city of Barcelona, provides you with a transformative...

The graphic work encompasses a great diversity of techniques developed over the centuries that take us from the oldest, such as woodcut that emerged in China in the 7th century, to the most modern suc...

The image of women has been studied and defined throughout history through art, literature and even science, the prototype of the "femme fatal" being one of the most deeply rooted in our cultural imag...

During centuries, portraits have fascinated generations of art lovers, conveying faces that would otherwise have inexorably faded over time. By definition, the portrait is the representation of the p...

Since ancient times, art has used symbolism to express an infinity of concepts and feelings hidden under the physical appearance of everything and everything around us. In this sense, the symbolic cha...

We often find simplistic definitions of Levantine Luminism, interpreting it as a Spanish translation of French Impressionism. A more in-depth look at the Valencian landscape phenomenon and at differen...

The rise of mass consumption would forever transform the concept of art. Until the 1940s, avant-garde art had been associated with conceptual or expressive depth, and was destined for the delight of a...

The creation of the Masriera firm in the mid-nineteenth century was a before and after in the field of artistic jewelry. Behind its exquisite results, materialized in exceptional jewels, there was a l...

Iconography is, without a doubt, one of the most interesting branches in the history of art: etymologically referred to the language of icons, without it we would not be able to distinguish who is rep...

The holidays are coming and with them the moment to enjoy all those plans that we have been waiting for for a long time. Among all of them, cultural leisure will always be a great option to escape fro...

On numerous occasions, Salvador Dalí declared that eroticism was a divine thing, inseparable from mysticism, since Eros was a god . The genius of Ampurdán immersed himself fearlessly into the realm of...

The work of Juan Barjola, despite the fact that he went through different creative stages, was always traversed by a tragic feeling of life, which was translated into paintings pregnant with dramatic...

La Rioja Alta, SA is one of the most admired wine brands in international markets. The winery based in Haro (La Rioja) appears for the first time in 2021, in the list "The Worlds Most Admired Wine Bra...

Just before traveling to Mali for the first time, while living in Paris in 1985, the Mallorcan artist made a series of still lifes (among them, the one that Setdart is putting up for auction on this o...

During the period of the Second Republic, poster design experienced a golden age under the guidance of Antoni Clavé. The cinematographic posters that the Catalan artist made between 1833 and 1835 repr...

In the history of Japanese art, Leonard Foujita is undoubtedly one of the most prestigious international figures. Belonging to the so-called School of Paris, Foujita marked the art of the twentieth ce...

Javier Mariscal became a important part of our culture because his creation of Cobi, the iconic figure that accompanied us in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. However, the artistic dimension of the o...

The iconography of the Virgin with the Child as an independent genre underwent an unprecedented renewal by the hand of the Sevillian painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo.Although the Marian theme knew a...

Between the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century, a new aesthetic and ideological movement emerged in Italy that would permeate the artistic and literary production of the pen...

Thanks to the cinema and television, some shoe models have become authentic references in the history of fashion, becoming a collector's item. An icon among icons, Manolo Blahnik's designs are consid...

The European colonial expansion in North Africa during the 19th century was decisive in the desire of many artists to travel and explore an unknown world. From the representation of their landscapes,...

"The best thing about a photo is that it never changes, even when the people in it do" Andy Warhol. The king of pop art par excellence, Andy Warhol, anticipated several decades with his famous Polaro...

5 REASONS COLLECTORS LOVE PATEK PHILIPPE Patek Philippe collectors are not like other watch collectors. They don't like to attract attention, which is why they love the understated elegance of Patek...

José Guerrero has established himself as one of the fundamental references of contemporary Spanish painting. His career, as intense as it is personal, shows us the incessant experimentation and contin...

The relevance that the circus world acquired between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century is reflected in art through an extensive cast of artists who, attracted by the bo...

Want to know why large-format wines can offer so much more? I'll explain it to you with these featured lots from our French wine auction on June 14th. Nothing bears more faith in the generosity of a...

ChâteauLafite Rothschild is undoubtedly one of the most prestigious and collectible wines in the world. It has a rich and fascinating history. The first reference dates back to 1234. The name "Lafite...