{"id":44027,"date":"2022-02-04T12:32:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T17:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/?p=44027"},"modified":"2024-04-11T02:48:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T06:48:08","slug":"old-masters-getting-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2022\/02\/old-masters-getting-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Masters Getting Old?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<div id=\"attachment_44030\" style=\"width: 231px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sothebys-md.brightspotcdnbotticelli.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44030\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sothebys-md.brightspotcdnbotticelli-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"Christ portrait in a red shirt with hands crossed - Sotheby's Old Masters\" width=\"221\" height=\"297\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Botticelli&#8217;s Man of Sorrows<\/p><\/div>\nThere was a bit of excitement about the Thursday morning January 27th Old Masters sale at Sotheby&#8217;s. This was mainly because of Sandro Botticelli&#8217;s Christ portrait known as the <a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/211004215623-02-embargo-restricted-botticelli-sothebys-man-sorrows-crop.jpg\"><i>Man of Sorrows<\/i><\/a>. Previously, I had written about the painting, namely its rarity and how scans showed <a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2022\/01\/behind-every-great-man-literally-in-this-case\/\">another work underneath the paint<\/a>. But the actual auction proved less exciting than expected.<br \/>\n\n<p>The auctioneer came across as unnecessarily slow and cautious right off the bat. He seemed hesitant to bang the gavel on most lots, causing me to scream &#8220;Go!&#8221; at my computer screen more than once. Giovanni Bellini&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/7369207\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1582x2000+0+0\/resize\/2048x2589!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F3c%2F26%2Fcc321d7e49e19df9824da7e072f2%2F164n10901-bxq23-t1-02.jpg\"><i>Madonna and Child at a Ledge with an Apple<\/i><\/a> passed with a final bid of $2.9 million. Yet it seemed like the auctioneer lingered at that bid for a solid two or three minutes, saying &#8220;Fair warning&#8221; twice in the process (maybe because of stress or maybe ineptitude). I felt like I could&#8217;ve walked the twenty blocks to Sotheby&#8217;s and banged the gavel myself quicker than he did most of the time.<\/p>\n<p>But when the big-ticket item finally came up, it sadly fell just a little short. The Botticelli brought in $39.3 million (or $45,190,700 w\/p), just shy of the $40 million estimate. Not an insignificant price, but not what many were expecting. Confusingly, the rap of the gavel was met with a round of applause, perhaps a little undeserved. It&#8217;s not like it went for an exponentially higher dollar amount or anything.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_44036\" style=\"width: 363px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/122n10901-9whcj-03.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44036\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/122n10901-9whcj-03-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"A reclining woman reading a book outdoors - Sotheby's Old Masters\" width=\"353\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Correggio&#8217;s Saint Mary Magdalen Reading<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Old Masters sales can sometimes serve as a moment to teach everyone an important lesson. The title of Old Master doesn&#8217;t always mean you&#8217;re going to like the painting. I first became aware of this reality during the sale when Fra Diamante&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/images.fineartamerica.com\/images\/artworkimages\/mediumlarge\/1\/the-madonna-and-child-with-three-angels-fra-diamante.jpg\"><i>Madonna and Child with Three Angels<\/i><\/a> came up. Two of the five figures have faces too small for their heads, while the Christ Child was given a set of legs more appropriate for the Michelin Man. Furthermore, I was baffled to see a $4.5 million estimate on a painting by Correggio, mainly because of the appearance and the size. <a href=\"https:\/\/sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com\/70\/f0\/548e65a344fa953c46c227fc1db2\/122n10901-9whcj-03.jpg\"><i>Saint Mary Magdalen Reading<\/i><\/a> is strange since the subject saint is confusingly dressed in a dark robe against a dark background, making it difficult to see what you&#8217;re even looking at. Also, the painting without the frame is barely even 9 inches by 11 inches. Now, the multimillion-dollar estimate could be excused by the painting&#8217;s recent rediscovery. Before coming to auction, experts only knew about the Correggio Magdalen because of copies by other artists. Otherwise, it was considered a lost masterwork.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_44029\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44029\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sothebys-md.brightspotcdn-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ancient Egyptian limestone figure of a man - Sotheby's Old Masters\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Egyptian Limestone Figure<\/p><\/div>\nBut the sale wasn&#8217;t entirely without highlights. Francisco de Goya&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com\/3d\/e0\/9b859f4b4a1986c3c923dc1e95f1\/084n10901-49skz-t1-04-a.jpg\"><i>Portrait of the Marquis de Caballero<\/i><\/a> is very typical of the Spanish master&#8217;s portraits in playing with light and texture and creating displays of power. It reached triple its high estimate with a hammer price of $1.8 million (or $2,198,000 w\/p). Furthermore, the Dutch painter Quiringh van Brekelenkam did very well with another one of his looks into Dutch domestic life with <a href=\"https:\/\/sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/f18ef9d\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2000x1454+0+0\/resize\/2048x1489!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F07%2Fa7%2F939a71ca4e1489b8d927c5c1d5d0%2F101n10901-c26c4-04.jpg\"><i>The Lacemaker&#8217;s School<\/i><\/a>. It brought in more than double its $150,000 estimate. Finally, the most unexpected of the highlights came in the form of a seemingly out-of-place <a href=\"https:\/\/sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/891948d\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1500x2000+0+0\/resize\/2048x2731!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F5e%2F5d%2F3f6a35ad42c09b516e69dbfb4c48%2F148n10901-4337d-02.jpg\">ancient Egyptian statue<\/a>. The 4,000-year-old limestone figure was fascinating to find in this sale specifically. I mean, I know it&#8217;s an Old Master sale, but this is undoubtedly a little too old. But the statue did very well, far exceeding its estimate and reaching $8.4 million (or $9,915,600 w\/p). Though not an <a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2022\/11\/a-new-old-master\/\">Old Master<\/a> work, it ended up reaching the second-highest hammer price of the sale.<br \/>\n\n<p>While the Sotheby&#8217;s saleroom seemed to have a decently-sized crowd in attendance, there was undoubtedly a lack of enthusiasm. Despite a few highlights, the entire sale seemed a bit lackluster given the names attributed to the works. In total, the sale brought in $76 million hammer (or $91 million w\/p), which is just barely past the total minimum estimate of $73.1 million. Many analysts have been saying for some time that interest in Old Masters has declined in recent years, especially among the younger buyers that have become such a powerful force in the market. While this Sotheby&#8217;s sale might serve as another unfortunate example of that phenomenon, Old Masters works aren&#8217;t exactly making nothing at auction. It&#8217;s likely this corner of the art world is just undervalued for the time being and will bounce back with the ebbs and flows of the market soon enough.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a bit of excitement about the Thursday morning January 27th Old Masters sale at Sotheby&#8217;s. This was mainly because of Sandro Botticelli&#8217;s Christ portrait known as the Man of Sorrows. 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