Day Sale
Sotheby's New York
January 26, 2017
Sale 9602
Lot 123, "The Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist," by the workshop of Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, called Sandro Botticelli, tondo oil on panel, 33 1/4 inches in diameter
The Master Paintings & Sculpture day sale at Sotheby's New York January 26, 2017 is highlighted by a very good tondo on panel by the workshop of Botticelli, an excellent oil by the Circle of Giovanni Bellini, a very lovely small oil by Circle of Rogier van der Weyden, a very fine Giannicola di Paolo, a lovely Workshop of Sir Anthony van Dyck, a superb Michele di Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio, a great sketch by Sir Joshua Reynolds, and a charming Genovesino.
Lot 123 is an excellent "Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist" by the workshop of Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, called Sandro Botticelli. A tondo oil on panel, it measures 33 1/4 inches in diameter. The catalogue entry notes that this "charming" work is "one of four known versions...with minor variations, all of which are most likely based on the same unknown prototype," adding that one of the versions "in an upruight rectangular format, is now considered an autograph work from late in Botticelli's career and can be found in the Museum of Fine Art, Boston."
It has a modest estimate of $120,000 to $150,000. It sold for $275,000 including the buyer's premium.
The sale total was $8,609,875.
Lot 116, "The Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Saint Catherine of Alexandria Behind a Ledge, a Window onto a Landscape in the Background," by Circle of Giovanni Bellini, oil on panel, 23 3/8 by 30 3/4 inches
Lot
116, "The Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and
Saint Catherine of Alexandria Behind a Ledge, a Window onto a Landscape
in the Background," by Circle of Giovanni Bellini, oil on panel, 23 3/8
by 30 3/4 inches. This very fine painting has a very modest
estimate of $25,000 to $35,000.
It failed to sell.
Lot 112, "The Madonna and Child in a Landscape," by Giannicola di Paolo, oil on panel, 24 1/4 by 18 1/2 inches
Lot 112, "The Madonna and Child in a Landscape," by Giannicola di Paolo, oil on panel, 24 1/4 by 18 1/2 inches
Lot 112 is a lovely and superb
oil on panel by Giannicola di Paolo (active 1484-1544) of "The Madonna
and Child in a Landscape." It measures 24 1/4 by 18 1/2 inches.
The catalogue notes that the artist was "one of the foremost painters
in Perugia in the early Cinquecento" and that he "was employed in the
workshop of Perugino" and that this composition "is evidently based on
the central figures from the Madonna and Child attributed to Perugino
in the Galleria Nazionale di Capidimonte, Naples....The Christ Child is
heavily reliant on Perugino's design, while the fact of the Virgin is
painted very much in Giannicola's own idiom. The features are
sweeter and less linear and the flesh appears softer and rounder."
It has an estimate of $30,000 to $40,000. It sold for $85,000.
Lot 103, "The Annunciation," by Circle of Rogier van der Weyden, oil on panel, 14 by 10 5/8 inches
Lot 179, "A Vanitas Scene with a Sleeping Child on a Red Velvet Cushion, an Egg Timer and a Skull," by Luigi Miradori, called Genovesino, oil on canvas, 14 5/8 by 20 1/8 inches
Lot 166, The Martyredom Altarpiece, Nottingham, England, second half 15th Century, gilt and polychrome alabaster, 20 by 101 1//2 inches
It has an estimate of $30,000 to $40,000. It sold for $85,000.
Lot 103, "The Annunciation," by Circle of Rogier van der Weyden, oil on panel, 14 by 10 5/8 inches
Lot 103, "The Annunciation,"
by Circle of Rogier van der Weyden, is a fine small version of a large
painting in the left wing of van der Weyden's Columba Triptych at the
Alte Pinokothek in Munich, according to the catalogue entry. This
work is an oil on panel that measures 14 by 10 5/8 inches.
The catalboue entry provides the following comentary:
"Although several copies by anonymous German artists of the left wing of the triptych exist, only a few fifteenth-century Netherlandish copies, all with differences from the original, are known. In addition to the present work, other variations of this Annunciation scene include a work by the Master of the Saint Catherine Legend, a follower of Rogier van der Weyden active from about 1470-1599 (Florence, Museo National del Bargello...), as well as the Clugny Annunciation (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York...), once thought to be a later work by Rogier van der Weyden but more recently identified as by Hans Memling, who trained in Rogier's studio before moving to Bruges in the late 1460s. Furthermore, a number of comparable drawings were completed after this Annunciation, for example one in the Stockholm Nationalmuseum...and another formerly in the Oppenheimer collection, London....Other versions known are by The Master of the Prado Adoration (Glasgow, Glasgow City Museums and Art Gallery, Burrell Collection...) and an anonymous hand in Rogierg's studio (Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor
Schone Kunsten)."
This lot has an estimate of $40,000 to $60,000. It failed to sell despite the composition being one of the most iconic images of the Annunciation.
Lot 144, "Madonna and Child," by Workshop of Sir Anthony van Dyck, oil on panel, 25 by 19 inches
Lot 125, "Allegory of Charity," by Michele Tosini, called Michele di Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio, oil on panel, 39 by 30 inches
The catalboue entry provides the following comentary:
"Although several copies by anonymous German artists of the left wing of the triptych exist, only a few fifteenth-century Netherlandish copies, all with differences from the original, are known. In addition to the present work, other variations of this Annunciation scene include a work by the Master of the Saint Catherine Legend, a follower of Rogier van der Weyden active from about 1470-1599 (Florence, Museo National del Bargello...), as well as the Clugny Annunciation (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York...), once thought to be a later work by Rogier van der Weyden but more recently identified as by Hans Memling, who trained in Rogier's studio before moving to Bruges in the late 1460s. Furthermore, a number of comparable drawings were completed after this Annunciation, for example one in the Stockholm Nationalmuseum...and another formerly in the Oppenheimer collection, London....Other versions known are by The Master of the Prado Adoration (Glasgow, Glasgow City Museums and Art Gallery, Burrell Collection...) and an anonymous hand in Rogierg's studio (Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor
Schone Kunsten)."
This lot has an estimate of $40,000 to $60,000. It failed to sell despite the composition being one of the most iconic images of the Annunciation.
Lot 144, "Madonna and Child," by Workshop of Sir Anthony van Dyck, oil on panel, 25 by 19 inches
Lot 144 is a beautiful oil on
panel of the "Madonna and Child" by the Workshop of Sir Anthony van
Dyck. It measures 25 by 19 inches.
The catalogue notes that this "tender" and masterful work "relates to a lost painting by Anthony van Dyck formerly in the Viennese collection of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm....attesting to its popularity, engravings after this image by artists such as Conraad Waumans, Wallerantg Vaillant, and Jacob Goie circulated heavily throughout northern Europe during the seventeenth century....Other versions have been...recorded in Turin, Ghent, the Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlungen inMunich and in Alsenberg Brabant."
It has an modest estimate of $30,000 to $40,000. It sold for $50,000.
The catalogue notes that this "tender" and masterful work "relates to a lost painting by Anthony van Dyck formerly in the Viennese collection of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm....attesting to its popularity, engravings after this image by artists such as Conraad Waumans, Wallerantg Vaillant, and Jacob Goie circulated heavily throughout northern Europe during the seventeenth century....Other versions have been...recorded in Turin, Ghent, the Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlungen inMunich and in Alsenberg Brabant."
It has an modest estimate of $30,000 to $40,000. It sold for $50,000.
Lot 125, "Allegory of Charity," by Michele Tosini, called Michele di Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio, oil on panel, 39 by 30 inches
Lot 125 is an exquisite and
very beautiful "Allegory of Charity," by Michele Tosini, called Michele
di Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio (1503-1577). An oil on panel, it
measures 39 by 30 inches. The catalogue entry notes that "the
composition must have found great commercial success in Florence as it
is known in several versions, all based on the same cartoon, with some
including a landscape in the background. The present version
should be considered among the best of these different versions."
He was a grandson of Domenico Ghirlandaio and according to Wikipedia he apprenticed with Lorenzo di Credi and served as an assistant to Vasari in the decoration of the Salone dei Cinquecento in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence.
The lot has a modest estimate of $60,000 to $80,000. It sold for $68,750.
He was a grandson of Domenico Ghirlandaio and according to Wikipedia he apprenticed with Lorenzo di Credi and served as an assistant to Vasari in the decoration of the Salone dei Cinquecento in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence.
The lot has a modest estimate of $60,000 to $80,000. It sold for $68,750.
Lot 179, "A Vanitas Scene with a Sleeping Child on a Red Velvet Cushion, an Egg Timer and a Skull," by Luigi Miradori, called Genovesino, oil on canvas, 14 5/8 by 20 1/8 inches
The auction's most charming,
and possibly disturbing, work is Lot 179, "A Vanitas Scene with a
Sleeping Child on a Red Velvet Cushion, an Egg Timer and a Skull," by
Luigi Miradori, called Genovesino (circa 1656). It is an oil on
canvas that measures 14 5/8 by 20 1/8 inches. The egg-timer is
disturbing, right?
Lot 227, "Portrait of Mrs. Abington," by Sir Joshua Reynolds, oil on canvas, 29 by 24 1/2 inches
Lot 227, "Portrait of Mrs. Abington," by Sir Joshua Reynolds, oil on canvas, 29 by 24 1/2 inches
Lot 227 is a spectable oil on
canvas sketch of Mrs. Abington by Sir Joshua Reynolds
(1737-1815). It measures 29 by 24 1/2 inches. It was not included
in the recent very fine exhibition of "Unfinished" pictures at the Met
Breuer Museum in New York and it should have been. It has an estimate
of $60,000 to $80,000. It failed
to sell.
Lot 166, The Martyredom Altarpiece, Nottingham, England, second half 15th Century, gilt and polychrome alabaster, 20 by 101 1//2 inches
Lot 166 is a 7-part work known
as The Martyrdom Altarpiece by Nottingtonham, England, second half of
the 15th Century, gilt and polychrome alabaster. It measures 20
by 101 1/2 inches. It was probably formerly in the Carthusiand
Monastery of the Chartreuse de Vauvers, which stood behind the Palais
Luxembourg in Paris and which was destroyed during the revolution in
1798. It has an estimate of $250,000 to $350,000. It sold for $1,332,500.
Lot 138, Eucharistic dove, Limoges, French, circa 1215-35, 6 7/8 inches high
Lot 138
is an impressive Eucharistic dove in champleve enamel and parcel-gilt
and engraved copper, Limoges, French, circa 1215-35. It is 6 7/8
inches high. It is one of about 50 such doves. It has an
estimate of $200,000 to $300,000.
It sold for $792,500.
Lot 278, "The Assumption of the Virgin, terracotta, Circle of Giuseppe Mazzuoli, 15 1/2 inches high
Lot 278, "The Assumption of the Virgin, terracotta, Circle of Giuseppe Mazzuoli, 15 1/2 inches high
Lot 278 is a spectacular
terracotta of "The Assumption of the Virgin" by the Circle of Giuseppie
Mazzuoli (1644-1725). It is 15 1/2 inches high. It has an
estimate of $15,000 to $25,000.
It sold for $37,500.
Master Paintings and Sculpture at Sotheby's New York January 25, 2017 (1/24/17, updated 1/27/17)
Renaissance Paintings auction at Christie's New York January 29, 2014 with the very spectacular Rothschild Prayerbook, a great Pontormo, a great Circle of Leonardo da Vinci, a great Lucas Cranach, a marvelous Laocoon by Alessandro Allori, a very nice small Gerard David and a wonderful Adriaen Eisenbradt
Important Old Master Paintings auction at Sotheby's New York January 30, 2014 with fine works by El Greco, Pieter Brueghel the Younger and Fragonard
Old Master Paintings Part I auction at Christie's New York January 29, 2014 with great works by Ter Borch and Sir William Beechey and Ferdinand Bol
The Courts of Europe Renaissance to Rococo at Sotheby's New York January 30, 2014 with a three-sided view portrait of a gyrfalcon, a great Benjamin West and a fine Willem van Tetrode
Renaissance Paintings auction at Christie's New York January 29, 2014 with the very spectacular Rothschild Prayerbook, a great Pontormo, a great Circle of Leonardo da Vinci, a great Lucas Cranach, a marvelous Laocoon by Alessandro Allori, a very nice small Gerard David and a wonderful Adriaen Eisenbradt
Important Old Master Paintings auction at Sotheby's New York January 30, 2014 with fine works by El Greco, Pieter Brueghel the Younger and Fragonard
Old Master Paintings Part I auction at Christie's New York January 29, 2014 with great works by Ter Borch and Sir William Beechey and Ferdinand Bol
The Courts of Europe Renaissance to Rococo at Sotheby's New York January 30, 2014 with a three-sided view portrait of a gyrfalcon, a great Benjamin West and a fine Willem van Tetrode
- Old Master Drawings auction at Sotheby's New York January 29, 2014 with several works by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
See The City Review article on the Important Old Masters Auction at Christie's New York Winter 2013
See The City Review article on the Renaissance auction at Christie's New York Winter 2013
See The City Review article on Old Master Drawings auction at Christie's Winter 2013
See
The
City Review article on the
Important Old Masters auction at Sotheby's New York Winter 2012
See
The
City Review article on the
Important Old Masters auction at Sotheby's Winter 2011
See
The
City Review article on the Important Old Masters auction at Sotheby's
Winter 2010