Important Old Master Paintings to be Offered in New York
Published March 21st, 2008
Viewing: Christie’s, 20 Rockefeller Plaza April 10-14
Christie’s New York annual Important Old Master Paintings sale is set to take place on April 15 and features a broad selection of French, German, English, Dutch and Italian masterworks. Expected to realize in excess of $35 million, this is the third year in which the Important Old Master Paintings sale is to be held in April, a change that has brought more balance to the international sales calendar for Old Masters and appreciation from collectors.
The auction is led by an very important late pair of Jacques-Louis David portraits offered for sale with a unique parcel-lot option; a magnificent Cornelis Van Haarlem, recently restituted to its rightful owner after being confiscated by the Stasi, the former East German Secret Police; a appealing Lucas Cranach the Elder portrait of Henry VIII’s sister-in-law, Princess Sybille of Cleves; a potential record-breaking Thomas Gainsborough landscape; a wonderful pair of Venetian views by Giovanni Michele Marieschi which have never before been seen in public and a recently rediscovered Nicolas Poussin.
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