Aso O. Tavitian grew up poor — but at age 64 he began an ‘‘explosion of buying.” Under the radar, he amassed old masters, leaving 331 to the Clark.

67 x 50.3 cm. (26.4 x 19.8 in.) ...

Apollo and Daphne, one of Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s first major commissions, was completed between 1622 and 1625 for Cardinal Scipione Borghese, a great art patron and nephew of Pope Paul V. Among the ...