Catherine Scallen, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities and associate professor of art history, wrote about the sale of “Lot and His Daughters” by Peter Paul Rubens, a famous Flemish Baroque painter, which went for $58 million.
Her article was published on Meural, a platform for artists and art experts to write about various topics. The Price Tag series, which Scallen wrote for, focuses on recent large art-market transactions, interviewing expert art historians to help explain the sales.
Read the article, titled “$58 million: ‘A Bit of a Bargain’” at Meural.