CHRISTIE’S. 6/7 luglio 2010
Da Christie’s l’asta di dipinti antichi (Evening sale) ha totalizzato 42,338,750 GPB. Oltre a Rubens venduto anche il Guercino a 5,193,250 £. Il “Ritratto di Anne Sophia” di van Dyck aggiudicato a 1,609,250 £. Per l’800 il de Nittis (“Passa il treno”) battuto a 133,250 £.
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6 Jul 10 Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours Evening
6 Jul 6:00 PM Lots 1 – 67
totale: 42,338,750 GPB -
7 Jul 10 Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours Day
Jul 7 10:30 AM Lots 101 – 296
Jul 7 2:30 PM Lots 301 – 409
totale: 6,217,750 GPB
Lot 16
Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen, Westphalia 1577-1640 Antwerp)
Portrait of a commander, three-quarter-length, being dressed for battle
oil on panel
122.6 x 98.2 cm
Estimate: £8,000,000 – £12,000,000
AGGIUDICATO A 9,001,250 GPB
Lot 7
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, il Guercino (Cento 1591-1666 Bologna)
King David
inscribed ‘GLORIOSA DICTA SVNT DE TE CIVITAS DEI. PSALM.S 86.’ (lower right, on the tablet held by David)
oil on canvas
223.5 x 170.2 cm
in a George III carved and gilt-gesso frame designed by James ‘Athenian’ Stuart for Spencer House and possibly carved by Thomas Vardy, circa 1768, carved with lotus and acanthus buds, egg and dart and an outer palmette band, and with a cavetto moulded, foliate, beaded and egg and dart edge
258 x 204 x 12 cm
Estimate: £5,000,000 – £8,000,000
AGGIUDICATO A 5,193,250 GPB