OLD MASTER WEEK REMASTERED: OLD MASTERS FROM THE COLLECTION OF J.E. SAFRA – SELLING WITHOUT RESERVE

OLD MASTER WEEK

 REMASTERED: OLD MASTERS FROM THE COLLECTION OF J.E. SAFRA – SELLING WITHOUT RESERVE
Paintings from the Baroque through 19th Century

OLD MASTERS
Paintings by Jacob Ruisdael, Giuseppe Vermiglio, Benjamin West, Balthasar van der Ast, Giovanni Paolo Panini, Martin van Cleve, Lucas Cranach the Younger

 LIVE AUCTIONS: 24, 25 MAY
ON VIEW: 20-24 MAY

REMASTERED: OLD MASTERS FROM THE COLLECTION OF J.E. SAFRA GUSTAVE COURBET (ORNANS 1819-1877 LA TOUR-DE-PEILZ) Castle of Chillon (Château de Chillon) signed ‘G. Courbet’ (lower right) oil on canvas 27 1/4 x 37 5/8 in. (69.2 x 95.7 cm.) $300,000-500,000	OLD MASTERS GIUSEPPE VERMIGLIO (?ALESSANDRIA C.1585-C.1635 ?LOMBARDY) Christ before Pilate oil on canvas 47 1/4 x 68 3/4 in. (120 x 174.6 cm.) $400,000-600,000

New York – Following a spectacular series of January sales that totaled more than $62 million, Christie’s is proud to present the spring edition of Old Masters Week. The cycle begins on 24 May at 4 p.m. EDT, with the second installment of Remastered: Old Masters from the Collection of J.E. Safra – Selling Without Reserve, and concludes the following morning – 25 May – at 10 a.m. EDT, with the seasonal Old Masters various-owner sale. This series offers collectors and connoisseurs the opportunity to acquire works from the Renaissance to the 19^th century, with pictures at all price levels. Explore the sales of Old Master Week in person at our Rockefeller Center galleries in New York on 20–24 May.

REMASTERED: OLD MASTERS FROM THE COLLECTION OF J.E. SAFRA – SELLING WITHOUT RESERVE:

REMASTERED: OLD MASTERS FROM THE COLLECTION OF J.E. SAFRA ANGELICA KAUFFMAN, R.A. (CHUR, GRAUBÜNDEN 1741-1807 ROME) AND STUDIO Penelope awakened by Euryclea with the news of Ulysses’ Return oil on canvas, unlined 31 x 41 1/8 in. (78.7 x 104.5 cm.) $150,000-250,000	REMASTERED: OLD MASTERS FROM THE COLLECTION OF J.E. SAFRA JAN BRUEGHEL II (ANTWERP 1601-1678) An extensive landscape with travelers before a windmill oil on copper 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (19 x 26.5 cm.) $100,000-150,000

The second sale of works from this collection showcases paintings from the Baroque through to the 19th Century. Highlights include, Gustave Courbet’s Castle of Chillon (Château de Chillon), Angelica Kauffman’s Penelope awakened by Euryclea, and Jan Brueghel II’s Landscape with a windmill, figures and houses. The selection traverses the Dutch Golden Age with images of music-makers from Eglon Hendrick van der Neer and Pieter de Hooch, and landscapes by Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Hubert Robert and Adrien Manglard. There is also a fantastic range of 19th century paintings with artists including Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Harald Sohlberg, and Philippe Rousseau. Selling without reserve, the works are united in their accessibility and universal appeal in theme and price.

OLD MASTERS:

OLD MASTERS JACOB ISAACSZ. VAN RUISDAEL (HAARLEM 1628/29-1682 AMSTERDAM) The tower of Kostverloren on the river Amstel signed with monogram ‘JVR’ (lower right) oil on canvas 19 3/8 x 23 1/8 in. (46.7 x 58.5 cm.) $300,000-500,000	OLD MASTERS MARTEN VAN CLEVE I (ANTWERP 1524-1581) Interior of a farmhouse with a wet nurse oil on panel, the reverse incised with a merchant’s mark, the right half of a composition 29 1/2 x 33 in. (74.9 x 83.7 cm.) $70,000-100,000

Works from half a millennium of western art come together in a strong various-owner sale. Headlining the lots is Giuseppe Vermiglio’s Caravaggesque interpretation of Christ before Pilate. Additional highlights include Jacob Isaacsz. van Ruisdael’s The tower of Kostverloren on the river Amstel, and Marten van Cleve’s early composition, Interior of a farmhouse with a wet nurse. British art is also well represented with works by Benjamin West, Tilly Kettle and Nathaniel Dance-Holland. Rounding out the sale is a wonderful selection of floral still lives from Balthasar van der Ast, capricci by Giovanni Paolo Panini and Pierre-Antoine Patel, as well as portraits across the centuries by Lucas Cranach the Younger, Nicolas de Largilliere and Louis Leopold Boilly.

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* Please note when quoting estimates above that other fees will apply in addition to the hammer price – see Section D of the Conditions of Sale at the back of the sale catalogue.

*Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium.

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