Come ogni anno, il mese di dicembre è dedicato all’arte antica.
A Londra dal 3 dicembre le due major Christie’s e Sotheby’s propongono una ventina di aste dedicate al mondo Old Master. Sotheby’s esita quattro cataloghi che percorrono un arco temporale di sei secoli tra dipinti, disegni, sculture e miniature. Top lot della Evening Sale del 4 dicembre sarà un “Cristo in croce” di Francisco de Zurbaràn. L’olio emana uno straordinario potere che deriva dalla sua pura semplicità. Inchiodato su una croce sbozzata, il corpo di Cristo emerge dall’oscurità impenetrabile, illuminato solo da una luce brillante dall’alto e a sinistra. Stima 2,5-3,5 milioni di sterline.
Estimate: 2,500,000 – 3,500,000 GBP
Estimate: 1,500,000 – 2,000,000 GBP
Estimate: 600,000 – 800,000 GBP
Estimate: 400,000 – 600,000 GBP
Da Christie’s invece la “Classic Week” inizia il 3 dicembre e prosegue fino al 13 dicembre. L’offerta (ben 15 aste) spazia dall’antichità al XX secolo. Il top lot è per Giovanni di Paolo, uno dei maestri visionari della metà del Quattrocento senese, con un pannello a tempera e oro che raffigura “Santa Chiara in soccorso del naufragio” (1,5-2 milioni).
Saint Clare rescuing the shipwrecked
tempera and gold on panel, the composition extended to the edges of the panel
7 ¾ x 11 5/8 in. (19.7 x 29.5 cm.)
Estimate GBP 1,500,000 – GBP 2,000,000
Flowers in a Wan-li gilt-mounted vase in a niche with shells and insects
Estimate GBP 1,500,000 – GBP 2,500,000
Allegory of Fortune, holding a crown
Estimate GBP 600,000 – GBP 800,000 (USD 772,800 – USD 1,030,400)
The Payment of the Tithes
Estimate GBP 400,000 – GBP 600,000
SOTHEBY’S
Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art
3 DECEMBER 2019
Old Masters Evening Sale
4 DECEMBER 2019
Old Masters Day Sale
5 DECEMBER 2019
The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures
5 DECEMBER 2019
CHRISTIE’S
Old Master Drawings: Online
27 NOVEMBER – 5 DECEMBER 2019
Gold Boxes: Micromosaic Boxes and Jewellery Online
29 NOVEMBER – 6 DECEMBER 2019
The David Little Collection of Early English Silver
3 DECEMBER 2019
Old Masters Evening Sale
3 DECEMBER 2019
Antiquities
4 DECEMBER 2019
Faces of the Past: Ancient Sculpture from the Collection of Dr. Anton Pestalozzi – Part 2
4 DECEMBER 2019
Old Master Paintings and Sculpture
4 DECEMBER 2019
Gold Boxes
5 DECEMBER 2019
A South American Private Collection
5 DECEMBER 2019
Old Master Prints
10 DECEMBER 2019
Quentin Blake: Not in Books ONLINE
10 DECEMBER – 17 DECEMBER 2019
Shakespeare and Goethe: Masterpieces of European Literature from the Schøyen Collection
11 DECEMBER 2019
Valuable Books & Manuscripts
11 DECEMBER 2019
Important Books, Atlases, Globes & Scientific Instruments from the Collection of Nico and Nanni Israel
11 DECEMBER 2019
IN THE FIELD – An Important Private Collection of Sporting Art
12 DECEMBER 2019
European Art: 19th Century & Orientalist Art
12 DECEMBER 2019
British Art: Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art
12 DECEMBER 2019
Property from descendants of Their Majesties King George V and Queen Mary
13 DECEMBER 2019
