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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...

Apart from current considerations, issues related to bullfighting have been projected in the plastic arts over several centuries, evidencing the deep roots that bullfighting poetry has exercised in th...

At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, during the fleeting period of peace and economic boom called the belle epoque, a current of artistic renewal developed in practica...

Why is provenance so important? The provenance of a wine (its origin, life cycle and storage) is of utmost importance when buying and selling at auction. What is the first thing you look for in...

Oriental art has always held a great fascination for western man. to the. From the first commercial contacts along the Silk Road, Europeans have been fascinated by the strange translucent material tha...

For a few decades now, Chinese contemporary Chinese art began a period of expansion and internationalization that is reflected in the growing interest it aroused in the Western art scene. . In a relat...

"This is the man". These were the words spoken by Pilate when he presented Jesus Christ, suffering and mocked, to the crowd before his crucifixion. Their intention was to mock him, mocking along with...

The most emblematic toy-making houses that were developed in interwar Europe are represented in the collection that Setdart is putting out to tender these days in its online gallery: a miniature world...

Demétre Chiparus (1886-1947) is one of the greatest exponents of Art Deco sculpture. Born in Romania, he studied first in Italy with the sculptor Raffaello Romanelli and in 1912 he moved to Paris to s...

The Basque painter Ignacio Zuloaga (1870-1945) He arrived in the French capital in 1889 and, as a good end-of-the-century bohemian, first settled in Montmartre , where he meets Basque and Catalan coun...

A veduta is a detailed representation of urban views, typical of 18th century Italian painting . They were especially popular with aristocratic Grand Tour travelers, who acquired views of the places v...