Christie’s spring season in New York brings two sales in the Old Masters and 19th Century Paintings category to Rockefeller Center. Old Masters and 19th Century Paintings from a Private Collection: Selling Without Reserve takes place live on 20 May, offering a private collection sold entirely without reserve. Old Masters and 19th Century Paintings follows live on 21 May, presenting works that span six centuries of European art.
Among the Old Master highlights is a recently rediscovered gold-ground image of the Marriage of the Virgin by Lorenzo Veneziano, estimated at $80,000 to $120,000, and an Allegory of Summer attributed to Jacob Gimmer, estimated at $250,000 to $350,000. A portrait of Vincenzo Morosini by Tintoretto carries an estimate of $300,000 to $500,000.
The offering also includes a group of more than 20 works that have not been on the market for decades, sold by the Arizona State University Art Museum to benefit acquisitions and direct collections care. Leading these is a still life by the Golden Age Dutch painter Willem Kalf, estimated at $300,000 to $500,000.
A selection of 19th century works includes a snowy landscape by Gustave Courbet, estimated at $500,000 to $700,000, and a large-scale painting by Eugene von Blaas that has not been seen on the market since it was purchased in 1910, the year it was painted, estimated at $200,000 to $300,000. An oil study of arms by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres is estimated at $100,000 to $150,000.
(Press Release)
