SOTHEBY’S. Londra, 6 luglio 2011
La Evening Sale Da Sotheby’s ha totalizzato £47,640,900/$76,492,229/ €53,238,651 (stima pre-sala £31,110,000-48,120,000). La veduta di Venezia di Francesco Guardi “View of the Rialto Bridge, Looking North, from the Fondamenta del Carbon”, che ha realizzato il prezzo più alto nella settimana di vendite dedicate agli Old Master a Londra, è stato venduto a £26,697,250/$42,865,105/ €29,834,146 (st. £15-25 milioni). Ha realizzato un nuovo record mondiale e il secondo prezzo più alto realizzato all’asta da un dipinti antico. Due Bidders si sono contesi strenuamente il dipinto e alla fien della battaglia è stato aggiudicato a un anomino al telefono. La vendita ha realizzato un venduto per lotto del 68.5%.
Alex Bell, Sotheby’s Co-Chairman, Old Master Paintings,Worldwide, ha commentato: “This evening’s auction provided collectors with a unique opportunity to acquire one of Francesco Guardi’s greatest masterpieces. The price established tonight sets a new auction benchmark – not just for the artist but for any view painting and indeed is the second-highest price ever paid at auction for an Old Master painting.”
TOP TEN:
Lotto 73
Aggiudicato a: £26,697,250 ($42,865,105)
Stima: £15,000,000 – 25,000,000
Francesco Guardi, Venice, a view of the Rialto Bridge, looking north, from the Fondamenta del Carbon, oil on canvas
Lotto 57
Aggiudicato a: £3,625,250 ($5,820,701)
Stima: £2,000,000 – 3,000,000
Antonio Allegri called Correggio, Madonna and Child with infant St John the Baptist, oil on panel
Lotto 36
Aggiudicato a: £2,729,250 ($4,382,084)
Stima: £1,500,000 – 2,000,000
Hans Schäufelein, a double-sided altarpiece panel: The dormition of the Virgin and Christ carrying the cross, tempera and oil on panel
Lotto 22
Aggiudicato a: £1,026,850 ($1,648,710)
Stima: £300,000 – 400,000
Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder, Still Life of tulips, moss-roses, lily-of-the-valley and other flowers in a glass beaker set in an arched stone window opening,with a distant landscape beyond, oil on copper
Lotto 68
Aggiudicato a: £881,250 ($1,414,935)
Stima: £600,000 – 800,000
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, A young Boy in the costume of a page, head and shoulders, oil on canvas
Lotto 72
Aggiudicato a: £735,650 ($1,181,160)
Stima: £400,000 – 600,000
Francesco Guardi, The Piazza San Marco with the Basilica and Campanile, oil on panel,
Lotto 21
Aggiudicato a: £713,250 ($1,145,194)
Stima: £600,000 – 800,000
Sir Anthony van Dyck, Portrait of a Carmelite monk, head and shoulders, oil on oak panel
Lotto 50
Aggiudicato a: £657,250 ($1,055,281)
Stima: £500,000 – 700,000
Constable, Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows, oil on canvas
Lotto 30
Aggiudicato a: £623,650 ($1,001,332)
Stima: £400,000 – 600,000
Frans Jansz. Post, A landscape in Brazil looking down on the Varzea, Europeans and natives approaching a church in the foreground, oil on panel
Lotto 60
Aggiudicato a: £505,250 ($811,229)
Stima: £400,000 – 600,000
Jusepe de Ribera, called Lo Spagnoletto, A philosopher, presumed to be Archimedes, oil on canvas
Sette record realizzati (oltre al dipinto di Francesco Guardi):
An exceptionally rare Hans Schäufelein double-sided, tempera and oil altarpiece panel, The Dormition of the Virgin, realised £2,729,250/$4,382,084/¤3,049,934, far exceeding its high estimate (est. £1.5-2 million).
Madonna and child with the infant Saint John the Baptist by Antonio Allegri, better known asCorreggio sold for £3,625,250 /$5,820,701/€4,051,213 (est. £2-3 million)
John de Critz the Elder’s oil on panel Portrait of James I realised £199,250/$319,916/¤222,662 (est. £80,000-120,000).
Jacob Knyff’s Charles II and James, Duke of York, on board H.M.S. Triumph, with three royal yachts off Dover fetched £169,250/$271,748/¤189,137 (est. £100,000-150,000).
Francesco de Michele’s Triptych: Central panel: Saint Gregory the Great: left wing: Saint Catherine of Alexandria: right wing: Saint Jerome realised £241,250/$387,351/¤269,597 (est. £200,000- £300,000).
Vittore Ghislandi, called Fra Galgario, Portrait of a young man in a green tunic sold for £325,250/$387,351/¤269,597 (est. £60,000-80,000).
Anthonie Verstraelen’s A winter landscape with figures skating on a frozen river beside a village raised £481,250/$772,695/¤537,796 (est. £150,000-200,000).
