Old Master Paintings

Bonhams' Old Master Paintings department has achieved some spectacular results in recent years. We have seen a huge increase in demand from buyers for works of quality by leading artists, particularly if they are in exceptional condition and fresh to the market. In addition to this, increasing numbers of private collectors are turning to this sector, encouraged by its established track record and disenchanted by alternative investments. Recent successes include works by Diego Velázquez, Adriaen Coorte, Lucas Gassel, Pietro Fabris, Vanvitelli, Giuseppe Zocchi and Jan Lievens.

Lots in future auctions

Giovanni Antonio Guardi (Vienna 1699-1760 Venice) Portrait of Ferdinand of Spain, as the Prince of Asturias, later King Ferdinand VI,
amended

Highlights from past auctions

Sold for £144,000 inc. premium
Thomas Luny (Saint Ewe 1759-1837 Teignmouth) The three-masted English merchantman Integrity in two positions in the Saint Lawrence River arriving ...
Sold for £2,057,250 inc. premium
Adriaen Coorte (active Middleburg, circa 1683-circa 1707) Three peaches on a stone ledge with a Red Admiral butterfly
Sold for £132,000 inc. premium
Rossello di Jacopo Franchi (Florence circa 1377-1456) The Madonna and Child with Saints Paul, John the Baptist, with integral frame
Sold for £120,000 inc. premium
Jacob Frans van der Merck ('s Gravendeel circa 1610-1664 Leiden) Portrait of a lady and a gentleman as Venus and ...

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