RESULTS: Old Master and British Paintings Evening Auction - London, 7 July 2016
Old Master and British Paintings Evening Auction
London, Thursday 7 July 2016, Sale 11973
[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]
33 lots sold | Total: £65,390,100 / $84,745,570 / €76,375,637 | 77% sold by lot | ||||
43 lots offered | $1.296 = £1 / €1.168 = £1 | 93% sold by value | ||||
Lot | Description | Estimate (£) | Price Realised | Buyer | ||
12 | Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), Lot and his Daughters, Circa 1613-1614 |
Estimate Upon Request
| £44,882,500 $58,167,720 €52,422,760 | Anonymous | ||
6 | Pieter Brueghel II (Brussels c. 1564-1637/8 Antwerp) The Four Seasons: Spring; Summer; Autumn; and Winter, Executed in 1624 | 3,000,000 - 5,000,000 | £6,466,500 $8,380,584 €7,552,872 | Anonymous | ||
41 |
Bernardo Bellotto (Venice 1721-1780 Warsaw). Venice: The Entrance to the Grand Canal; and The Grand Canal from the Ca' da Mosto to the Fabbriche Nuove, with the Rialto Bridge
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2,000,000 - 3,000,000
| £3,554,500 $4,606,632 €4,151,656 | Anonymous | ||
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19 | Jacob van Ruisdael (Haarlem 1628/9-1682 Amsterdam), View of Haarlem |
300,000 - 500,000 | £1,538,500 $1,993,896 €1,796,968 | Anonymous | ||
14a | Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen, Westphalia 1577-1640 Antwerp), Venus supplicating Jupiter | 1,200,000 - 1,800,000 | £1,314,500 $1,703,592 €1,535,336 | Anonymous | ||
27 |
Luis Meléndez (Naples 1716-1780 Madrid),An earthenware pitcher and copper pail, with a bread roll, figs, quinces and cherries on a stone ledge
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600,000 - 800,000
| £698,500 $905,256 €815,848 | Anonymous | ||
28 |
Luis Meléndez (Naples 1716-1780 Madrid), Grapes and plums on a plate, with pears and a glass bottle on a wooden ledge
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600,000 - 800,000
| £698,500 $905,256 €815,848 | Anonymous | ||
8 | Pieter Brueghel II (Brussels 1564/5-1637/8 Antwerp), The Payment of the Tithes | 300,000 - 400,000 | £506,500 $656,424 €591,592 | Anonymous | ||
18 |
Melchior d’Hondecoeter (Utrecht 1636-1695 Amsterdam), A pelican, a crowned crane, a curassow, a sarus crane and ducks in a river landscape
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100,000 - 150,000 | £506,500 $656,424 €591,592 | Anonymous | ||
40 |
Donato Creti (Cremona 1671-1749 Bologna), Alexander cutting the Gordian Knot |
250,000 - 350,000
| £410,500 $532,008 €479,464 | Anonymous | ||
Henry Pettifer, International Director, Head of Old Master & British Paintings Christie’s London: “Following the curated 250th anniversary Defining British Art sale we are delighted with the results of this Old Masters evening’s auction totalling £65,390,100 which gives us a combined running total of £105,373,775, the result of strong bidding from not only our traditional collectors for the category but also new clients from Asia and collectors of 20th Century art. We are especially pleased with the sale of Rubens’s ‘Lot and his Daughters’, for £44,882,500, the most expensive Old Master Painting ever sold by Christie’s. The atmosphere in the saleroom was energetic as one of the most important paintings by Rubens to have remained in private hands sold after 14 minutes of bidding. The sale of this work follows the record sale by Christie’s of two Rembrandt Portraits sold by private treaty to the French and Dutch states earlier this year, demonstrating the continued demand of collectors for the very best Old Master works. Christie’s first Classic Week in London has been a fitting context for a work of such calibre, displayed alongside the full range of unique works of art offered throughout the week. Tonight’s sale achieved sell through rates of 93% by value and 77% by lot and attracted cross-category buying with registered bidders from 25 countries across 5 continents. Top prices were realised at all price levels, with notable highlights including ‘The Four Seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter’ by Pieter Brueghel II which sold over estimate achieving £6,466,500, Bellotto’s pair of panoramas of the Grand Canal Venice which realised £3,554,500 and Jacob van Ruisdael’s ‘View of Haarlem’ that reached £1,538,500.
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Next Sale: Old Master and British Paintings Day Auction – 8 July 2016, London. Please click here to view the full international schedule of upcoming Old Master and British Paintings auctions at Christie’s.
Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium and do not reflect costs, third-party financing fees or application of buyer’s or seller’s credits. |