La vendita ha totlizzato 23,577,600 sterline con 32 lotti venduti su 44 offerti. Sei nuovi record d’asta stabiliti per: George Stubbs, Luis de Morales, Goswijn Van Der Weyden, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Lorenzo Pasinelli, Emanuel de Witte.Emmeline Hallmark, Director and Head of British Paintings at Sotheby’s, ha commentato: “George Stubbs is, in my opinion, the greatest horse painter of all time and it is fitting that this work – instantly recognisable as one of his most beautiful and iconic compositions – should achieve a world record price at auction for the artist. It has been an immense pleasure to present for sale a work of such magnetism.”
Alex Bell, International Department Head and Co-Chairman of Old Master Paintings Worldwide, ha commentato: “We are very pleased with the results achieved for tonight’s sale which established very healthy sell-through rates by lot and value, and some extremely strong prices for material that was fresh to the market. The broad geographical spread of activity overall, including buyers from Asia, demonstrates the growing international appeal of this market. We were delighted with the sum achieved for the works from the Estate of the 7th Earl of Clarendon, which performed exceptionally well and were led by ‘Madonna & Child’, a superb and tender painting by one of Spain’s great painters Luis de Morales.”
George Stubbs A.R.A,
Brood Mares and Foals, oil on canvas,
stima: £10,000,000 – 15,000,000.
Aggiudicato a: £10,121,250 ($15,906,556)
*** WORLD RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION***
George Stubbs A.R.A, Brood Mares and Foals, oil on canvas
*** WORLD RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION***
Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto, Venice, A View of the Piazzetta Looking North, oil on canvas
Luis de Morales, The Virgin and Child, or La Virgén del Sombrero, oil on panel
*** WORLD RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION***
Goswijn van der Weyden, Seven Scenes from the Life & Veneration of St Dymphna, with
Saints Dymphna & Lucy, all oil on oak panel
*** WORLD RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION***
Pieter Brueghel the Younger, The Kermesse of Saint George with the Dance Around the
Maypole, oil on panel
Johann Zoffany R. A., Portrait of Claud Alexander with his Brother Boyd, Attended by an Indian
servant, oil on canvas
Gaspar van Wittel, called Vanvitelli, Rome, A View of the Campo Vaccino with the Arch of
Septimius Severus, and the Temple of Saturn, A View of Florence from the Cascine, oil on
canvas (a pair)
Sir Anthony van Dyck, Portrait of Sir John Mennes (1599-1671), oil on canvas
The Monogrammist IS, Portrait of an Elderly Woman, Looking Left, oil on canvas, laid on panel
Jan Jansz. van de Velde, A Still Life of a Peeled Lemon, Nuts and Olives on Pewter Plates,
and a Roemer Filled with White Wine, All on a Table Covered with a Cloth, oil on oak panel
