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 £557,600 inc. premium
Pietro Fabris (Naples circa 1740-1792) A view of the Bay of Naples from Posillipo looking south with the Palazzo Donn ...
Sold for £151,250 inc. premium
Venetian School, late 16th Century Portrait of a bearded gentleman, three-quarter-length unframed
Sold for £791,650 inc. premium
Attributed to Domenikos Theotokopoulos, called El Greco (Candia 1541-1614 Toledo) Saint Peter unframed
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

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