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 £791,650 inc. premium
Attributed to Domenikos Theotokopoulos, called El Greco (Candia 1541-1614 Toledo) Saint Peter unframed
Sold for £145,250 inc. premium
Giovanni Battista Pittoni (Venice 1687-1767) Christ driving the moneylenders from the Temple
Sold for £2,953,250 inc. premium
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Seville 1599-1660 Madrid) Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a black tunic ...
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 ...