Christie’s spring season in New York offers collectors two auction opportunities to acquire works in one of the most active and vibrant categories in the auction market: Old Masters and 19th Century Paintings from a Private Collection - Selling Without Reserve taking place live on 20 May, and Old Masters and 19th Century Paintings, taking place live on 21 May, at Rockefeller Center. The first sale offers a private collection of Old Master and 19th Century Paintings sold entirely without reserve; the second sale presents works that span six centuries of European art.
Highlights of the Old Master paintings on offer include,
a recently rediscovered gold-ground image of the Marriage of the Virgin by Lorenzo Veneziano (estimate: $80,000-120,000),
and an Allegory of Summer, attributed to Jacob Gimmer (estimate: $250,000-350,000);
a portrait of Vincenzo Morosini by Tintoretto (estimate: $300,000-500,000).
Old Master highlights include 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 works is
an impressive still life by the Golden Age Dutch painter, Willem Kalf (estimate: $300,000-500,000).
There is also a varied selection of 19th century works. Highlights include
a snowy landscape in exceptional condition by Gustave Courbet (estimate $500,000-700,000);
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 (estimate: $200,000-300,0000); a
n oil study of arms Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (estimate: $100,000-150,000).
