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The contents of the merchant Daniel Nijs’s art cabinet (1625–31) and its sale to Lord Arundel in 1636.
The rediscovery of an Annunciation (1727) by François Lemoyne at Winchester College, currently on loan to the National Gallery, London.
The early history of Salvator Rosa’s Marius meditating among the ruins of Catharge (c.1649).
Douglas Cooper’s catalogue of Samuel Courtauld’s collection (London 1954) and an unpublished questionnaire to Clive Bell about collectors of modern art in Britain.
New information on Robert Rauschenberg’s Combine Untitled (c.1954-58) including an unpublished document by the artist.
An examination of Roger Hilton’s large painting c.May 1964 (Bill Brooker/Homage). William Brooker’s early collaboration on the piece is addressed in a letter published here in full for the first time.