SOTHEBY’S. Londra, 4 luglio 2012
La Evening Sale di Old Master & British Paintings da Sotheby’s ha totalizzato £32,268,650 ($50,600,470 / €40,174,408), quindi nella stima pre asta che si aggirava sui £26.7 – 40.4 milioni. Sei nuovi record mondiali realizzati. Top price è stato il dipinto di una battaglia navale di Willem van de Velde il giovane, “The Surrender of the Royal Prince during the Four Days’ Battle, 1 st – 4 th June 1666″ che è stato aggiudicato per £5.3milioni ($8.3m / €6.6m) dopo nove minuti di intensa competizione tra quattro bidders. Alla fine è stato acquiastato da un collezionista olandese.
Tra le altre aggiudicazioni di rilievo: Lucas Cranach il vecchio “The Feilitzsch Altarpiece”, aggiudicato a £4,297,250 (st. £4-6 milioni); Hans Baldung Grien ”The Virgin as Queen of Heaven Suckling the Infant Christ”, venduto per £2,113,250 (st. £1-1.5 milioni); Orazio Borgianni “Christ Amongst the Doctors”, aggiudicato a: £3,401,250 (st. £400,000 – £600,000), nuovo record per l’artista.
Invenduto il “Davide e Golia” di Guido Reni. Era stimato £ 3.000.000-5.000.000.
Alex Bell, Sotheby’s Co-Chairman, Old Master Paintings, Worldwide, ha commentato: “These are exciting times for the Old Masters and British Paintings market. We saw strong prices tonight in an extremely dynamic sale, in which collectors were prepared to go head- to-head for the very best works. The auction attracted an encouraging number of new clients to Sotheby’s and we saw consistently strong participation from the new markets.”
Auction records were also set this evening for:
LOT 4
LEONARDO DI BERNARDINO DEL SIGNORACCIO, CALLED LEONARDO DI
BERNARDINO DA PISTOIA
The Annunciation
oil on panel, gold ground
ESTIMATE 200,000-300,000 GBP
Sold for £229,250
Previous record €13,500
LOT 25
GIOVANNI FRANCESCO MAINERI
The Resurrected Christ With An Angel
tempera on panel
ESTIMATE 200,000-300,000 GBP
Sold for £193,250
Previous record $154,000 / £91,460
LOT 28
GIUSEPPE CESARI, CALLED CAVALIERE D’ARPINO
The Madonna And Child With The Infant Saint John The Baptist
oil on panel
ESTIMATE 60,000-80,000 GBP
Sold for £163,250
Previous record €1,240
LOT 29
GIOVANNI BILIVERT
Venus, Cupid And Pan
oil on copper
ESTIMATE 200,000-300,000 GBP
Sold for £541,250
Previous record 1,300,000 FF / £139,313
LOT 40
CHARLES-JOSEPH NATOIRE
‘La Source’; The Triumph Of Bacchus
a pair, both oil on canvas
ESTIMATE 300,000-500,000 GBP
Sold for £657,250
Previous record £517,000
NEW BENCHMARKS
LOT 5
MAESTRO PAROTO
A Polyptych: The Madonna And Child With Saints Sirus, John The Baptist,JOHN THE EVANGELIST, MICHAEL, STEPHEN, LOUIS OF TOULOUSE, APOLLONIA
AND Agatha, With A Donor In The Central Panel
tempera and gold on panel
ESTIMATE 200,000-300,000 GBP
Sold for £217,250
LOT 17
HENDRIK VAN STEENWIJCK THE YOUNGER
Saint Jerome In His Study
oil on oak panel
ESTIMATE 100,000-150,000 GBP
Sold for £337,250
LOT 21
ADRIAEN JANSZ. VAN OSTADE AND ISACK VAN OSTADE
Travellers Halted At A Country Inn
oil on oak panel, single plank
ESTIMATE 1,800,000-2,500,000 GBP
Sold for £2,169,250
