Top ten Old Masters shows in 2016

This year the crowds went bonkers for Bosch at both the Prado in Madrid and the Noordbrabants Museum in Boschs hometown of Den Bosch. The latter received its highest ever attendance in its 180-year history. Elsewhere, art-historical bye-ways were the name of the day, with the San Benedetto Group at the Pitti, the Fabritiuss goldfinch at the Scottish National Gallery, and the Botticini altarpiece at the National Gallery. It should be noted that the latter two were single-work shows with free ent