{"id":54560,"date":"2024-07-04T11:55:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T15:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/?p=54560"},"modified":"2024-07-04T11:55:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T15:55:05","slug":"christies-old-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2024\/07\/christies-old-masters\/","title":{"rendered":"Christie&#8217;s Old Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_54561\" style=\"width: 238px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-03-at-11.09.47-AM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54561\" class=\"wp-image-54561 \" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-03-at-11.09.47-AM-300x222.png\" alt=\"A biblical scene of Mary, Joseph, and the baby Jesus resting under a tree\" width=\"228\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-03-at-11.09.47-AM-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-03-at-11.09.47-AM-768x568.png 768w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-03-at-11.09.47-AM.png 966w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-54561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The Rest on the Flight into Egypt<\/em> by Titian<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This week, many of the main London auction houses will be hosting a variety of sales focusing on the art of the old Masters. Christie\u2019s kicked everything off on Tuesday, July 2nd, with a duo of auctions. The morning sale focusing on prints did fairly well, but it was the later evening sale that drew everyone\u2019s attention. Of the twenty-four lots available, much of the art world press focused on what eventually became the star of the sale: <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Rest on the Flight into Egypt<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> by Titian.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The painting is one of the artist\u2019s first great works, created sometime around 1512 when he was likely still studying in the studios of Gentile and Giovanni Bellini. It shows a biblical scene popular among European artists, where Mary and Joseph take the newborn Jesus and flee to Egypt to escape the Massacre of the Innocents ordered by King Herod. Showing the Holy Family in a moment of brief rest during the flight into Egypt became popular during the Renaissance, with artists like <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/a\/a6\/Michelangelo_Caravaggio_025.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Caravaggio<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/53\/Rembrandt_van_Rijn%2C_Landscape_with_the_Rest_on_the_Flight_into_Egypt.jpg\/1920px-Rembrandt_van_Rijn%2C_Landscape_with_the_Rest_on_the_Flight_into_Egypt.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rembrandt<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, and <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/3\/32\/Anthonis_van_Dyck_048.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Van Dyck<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> all tackling the subject. <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rest on the Flight into Egypt<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> has an impressive provenance, including European nobility and royalty. It has also been stolen <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">on two occasions<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, first from the Belvedere Palace in Vienna during the Napoleonic Wars. The second theft occurred in 1995 when thieves took the painting from Longleat House in Wiltshire. Longleat is an estate owned by the Thynne family, who hold the title Marquess of Bath. Seven years after the theft, a former Scotland Yard officer finally recovered the Titian, receiving a tip and locating the painting in a plastic bag at a bus stop in London. The sale at Christie\u2019s on Tuesday marked the first time the painting appeared at auction since the Thynne family first purchased it in 1878. Andrew Fletcher, Christie\u2019s global head of Old Masters, called it \u201cthe most important work by Titian to come to the auction market in more than a generation\u201d. Christie\u2019s assigned it an estimate of \u00a315 million and \u00a325 million. However, despite its impressive provenance and the media attention, the Titian received few bids, just enough to get it to its minimum estimate of \u00a315 million \/ $19 million (or \u00a317.56 million \/ $22.26 million w\/p). This set a new auction record for a Titian painting, which was previously set at Sotheby&#8217;s in 2011 when the painting <em>A Sacra Conversazione<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE70Q8PB\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sold for $16.88 million w\/p<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_54562\" style=\"width: 222px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-03-at-11.09.54-AM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54562\" class=\"wp-image-54562\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-03-at-11.09.54-AM-248x300.png\" alt=\"A Madonna &amp; Child portrait with the Virgin Mary holding a cherry.\" width=\"212\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-03-at-11.09.54-AM-248x300.png 248w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-03-at-11.09.54-AM-846x1024.png 846w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-03-at-11.09.54-AM-768x930.png 768w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-03-at-11.09.54-AM.png 968w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-54562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Madonna of the Cherries<\/em> by Studio of Quentin Metsys<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Next was another religious painting, one of the three Madonna &amp; Child paintings available on Tuesday. This one bears the title of <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Madonna of the Cherries<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> from the studio of the Antwerp Renaissance painter Quentin Metsys. The Madonna of the Cherries was a popular subject during the Renaissance, with the original version first created by Leonardo da Vinci. A version of the subject by Metsys\u2019s contemporary Joos van Cleve sold for \u00a380K hammer in April 2022 <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2022\/04\/sothebys-old-masters-online-sale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">during a Sotheby\u2019s Old Masters online sale<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. The Metsys studio rendition offered at Christie\u2019s on Tuesday last sold in 2015 for \u00a3254.5K w\/p. However, in the nine years since its last appearance at auction, some restoration work has been done. Not only are the painting\u2019s colors brighter, but the restoration also revealed that <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/e\/e0\/Studio_of_quentin_metsys_the_madonna_of_the_cherries_d5916241g.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">a later artist painted a sheer green drape over the window in the background<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. With that gone, the trees, clouds, and birds in flight that the curtain once obscured are now visible. With Christie\u2019s specialists assigning it an estimate of between \u00a38 million and \u00a312 million, the <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Madonna of the Cherries<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> eventually hammered at \u00a39 million \/ $11.4 million (or \u00a310.66 million \/ $13.5 million w\/p), with the Getty Museum in Los Angeles reported as the buyer. Like the Titian, this was another auction record for the artist, with the previous record held by <a href=\"https:\/\/arthive.com\/res\/media\/img\/oy1200\/work\/5d0\/7492031@2x.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a painting sold in 2020 for $1.9 million w\/p<\/a>. However, with such a high estimate and a final price, it seems interesting that the <em>Madonna of the Cherries<\/em> is attributed to the artist&#8217;s studio rather than the artist himself. It may indicate that the Getty Museum or any future owner may bump up the attribution to just the artist, omitting the studio altogether to justify the large sum of money paid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">And finally, moving away from the religious works, the sale\u2019s third place was a portrait by one of the best of the Old Masters in that genre, Frans Hals. <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Portrait of a Gentleman of the de Wolff Family<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> is a half-length portrait of an older man with a ruff and a large-brimmed hat. The portrait\u2019s subject is unknown, with several theories circulating among our historians for over a century. The coat of arms in the upper right-hand corner certainly helps, as it shows wolves\u2019 heads against a red background. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> has led some to deduce that he was a member of the de Wolff family, possibly the cloth merchant Joost de Wolff. The Hals portrait hammered within its \u00a34 million to \u00a37 million, selling for \u00a34.7 million \/ $5.9 million (or \u00a35.7 million \/ $7.2 million w\/p).<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_54563\" style=\"width: 218px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-03-at-11.09.26-AM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54563\" class=\"wp-image-54563\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-03-at-11.09.26-AM-242x300.png\" alt=\"A 16th century portrait of an older man with a large white moustache, a ruff, and a black, wide-brimmed hat.\" width=\"208\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-03-at-11.09.26-AM-242x300.png 242w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-03-at-11.09.26-AM-825x1024.png 825w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-03-at-11.09.26-AM-768x953.png 768w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-03-at-11.09.26-AM.png 964w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-54563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Portrait of a Gentleman of the de Wolff Family<\/em> by Frans Hals<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Surprises are rare in sales like this since they feature a relatively small number of higher-value lots. However, a couple of lots managed to sell far above their initial estimates Christie\u2019s gave them. First, there was Sir Peter Lely\u2019s <\/span><em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/media.mutualart.com\/Images\/\/2024_06\/09\/09\/094817004\/sir-peter-lely-portrait-of-barbara-villi-CR6UQ.Jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Portrait of Barbara Villiers<\/span><\/a><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. The subject was a prominent noblewoman in seventeenth-century England. She held the titles Countess of Castlemaine and Duchess of Cleveland, later appointed as Queen Catherine\u2019s Lady of the Bedchamber, and was even one of King Charles II\u2019s mistresses. Expected by Christie\u2019s specialists to sell for no more than \u00a3180K, the Lely portrait hammered at \u00a3450K, or two-and-a-half times its high estimate. Then<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, there was Pieter Coecke van Aelst\u2019s 1530 painting <\/span><em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53812510590_910c80224a_b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Saint Jerome in His Study<\/span><\/a><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. While depictions of Saint Jerome often show him <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/c\/ce\/Artus_Wolffort_-_Saint_Jerome_in_the_Desert.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">as an ascetic living in the wilderness<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, Van Aelst\u2019s Saint Jerome is a scholar and the compiler of the Vulgate Bible. Van Aelst retains the inclusion of a skull in the painting, a popular component of Saint Jerome\u2019s iconography as a symbol of mortality, but otherwise decorates the saint\u2019s study with a cardinal\u2019s hat, candles, books, a clock, and other items. Christie\u2019s expected the painting to sell for a maximum of \u00a3200K, yet it eventually sold for \u00a3540K \/ $684.6K (or \u00a3680.4K \/ $862.6K w\/p).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Despite the success of most of the high-value lots, Christie\u2019s could have done better. Seven of the twenty-four lots available on Tuesday sold within their estimates, giving Christie\u2019s a 29% accuracy rate. Only four lots (17%) failed to sell, leaving the auction with an 83% sell-through rate. Seven lots (29%) sold below estimate, while six (25%) sold above. However, among the four that went unsold was George Stubbs\u2019s <\/span><em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christies.com\/-\/jssmedia\/images\/features\/articles\/2024\/05\/1-10\/george-stubbs-mares-and-foals\/2-george-stubbs-mares-and-foals-in-an-extensive-landscape-1769.jpg?h=1613&amp;iar=0&amp;w=2401&amp;rev=2cf8a05bbb15423f8f6491ff403a48ec&amp;hash=727aa2d239d181323aabc8ddc2197ba4ec072872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Mares and Foals in an Extensive Landscape<\/span><\/a><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. It is one of the most prominent paintings from the artist\u2019s series of works on the subject, measuring nearly six by nine feet. Christie\u2019s, therefore, assigned it a hefty estimate range of \u00a37 million to \u00a310 million. While the Stubbs received a few bids, interest ran out at \u00a36.5 million. With the Stubbs failing to sell, the auction could not make its presale estimate minimum of \u00a341.4 million. The<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0twenty-four lots offered at Christie\u2019s brought in \u00a336.4 million \/ $46.2 million.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, many of the main London auction houses will be hosting a variety of sales focusing on the art of the old Masters. Christie\u2019s kicked everything off on Tuesday, July 2nd, with a duo of auctions. 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