CHRISTIE’S LONDON-CLASSIC WEEK
5-13 JULY 2016
LONDON – Following the success of Christie’s inaugural Classic Week in New York during April, Christie’s London will host Classic Week from 5 to 13 July. These cross-category auctions span the Decorative Arts, Antiquities, Old Master & British Paintings, Prints and Drawings, Books and Manuscripts and The Exceptional Sale. The week will be led by Rubens’s masterpiece Lot and his Daughters (circa 1613-14), an outstanding example of his early maturity and one of the most important paintings by the artist to have remained in private hands, which will be sold as part of the Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale on 7 July. Classic Week presents an array of unique works of art, exceptional objects and furniture as well as scientific and philosophical documents throughout the week’s sales, all across varying price points. The works will be on view and open to the public from 3 July at Christie’s King Street and South Kensington.
Fifty Prints by Rembrandt van Rijn: A Private English Collection | 5 July – 1:30pm
This remarkable group of 50 etchings was formed over one decade by a discerning English collector and presents a rare opportunity to acquire prints by Rembrandt, arguably the greatest exponent of the art of etching, and the first to realise the dramatic potential of dry-point. There has not been a single-owner sale of prints by Rembrandt of similar quality in recent years, presenting the opportunity to acquire works such as Self-Portrait with Saskia (estimate: £15,000 – 25,000), Six’s Bridge (estimate: £100,000 – 150,000) and The Angel appearing to the Shepherds (estimate: £30,000 – 50,000).
Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours | 5 July – 3pm
