• Still life by long-forgotten painter Clara Peeters could fetch £700,000

    Painting on copper by Flemish artist is up for auction having been in private hands for nearly a centuryA lustrous painting of a basket of flowers by an early 17th-century female artist who was written out of art history for centuries is to be sold at auction in December.The untitled still life by the Flemish painter Clara Peeters has not been seen in public for almost 100 years and has never appeared in any books. Little is known about Peeters’ life. Continue reading...

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