Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), Portrait of a commander, three-quarter-length, being dressed for battle. Estimate: £8 million to £12 million. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010 LONDON.- Christie’s Old Masters and 19th Century Art Evening Sale will take...

Titian (Tiziano Vecelli), Saint Sebastian. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left: TICIANVS. h: 190 x w: 95.5 cm / h: 74.8 x w: 37.6 in. Nicolas Poussin, Baths of Diocletian. Oil on canvas, h: 36.5 x w: 40 cm / h: 14.4 x w: 15.7 in. Nicolas Poussin, Landscape...

Raphael (1483–1520), Portrait of Bindo Altoviti, c. 1515, Oil on panel, 59.7 × 43.8 cm. Samuel H. Kress Collection. Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Art, Washington OTTAWA.- The power, politics and drama that surrounded...