Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I
New York
Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I 
28 January 2021 | New York | full auction details
This January’s marquee sale of Master Paintings and Sculpture is led by two masterpieces of art history: the magnificent Botticelli Portrait of a Youth Holding a Roundel and Rembrandt’s intimate painting of Abraham and the Angels. The sale includes a strong selection of 17th-century Dutch and Flemish paintings, including still lifes by Rachel Ruysch, Willem van Aelst, Ambrosius Bosschaert, and Willem Claesz. Heda as well as impressive portraits by Aert de Gelder and Sir Anthony van Dyck.
An incredibly rare canvas of the Descent from the Cross by Hugo van der Goes leads the Renaissance section, which also includes works from the great early Italian painters Apollonio di Giovanni, Taddeo di Bartolo, and Sano di Pietro. The sale also includes a number of important paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries, including a pair of large landscapes by Hubert Robert, a charming painting by William Bouguereau, and a large-scale gold ground by Frederic, Lord Leighton.
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European Sculpture and Works of Art:
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19th Century European Paintings
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Selected Lots
Lorenzo di Credi and Workshop Adoration of the Christ Child
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The Master of 1518 Adoration of the Magi
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Luca della Robbia Relief of the Madonna and child, c1450
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Spain, Toledo, late 16th century Don Juan de Cárdenas and Doña Juana de Ludeña, Duke and Duchess of Maqueda
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Giovanni di Francesco Toscani Madonna and Child with musician angels
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Salomon van Ruysdael River landscape with fishermen tending their nets along a bank
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Hugo van der Goes The descent from the cross
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Gerard Seghers Repentant Mary Magdalene
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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn Abraham and the Angels
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Hispano-Flemish School, circa 1490 Christ as the Man of Sorrows
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Flemish School, 1533 Saint Jerome in his study
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Pseudo Jacopino, circa 1335 - 1340 Crucifixion with Saints and Archangel Michael above
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Apollonio di Giovanni Triumph of Julius Caesar
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Sano di Pietro Nativity
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Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, called Sandro Botticelli Portrait of a young man holding a roundel
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School of Haarlem, circa 1615 Portrait of a young man holding his gloves and wearing a tall hat, his arm akimbo
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Herri Met de Bles II An extensive mountainous landscape with a metal foundry, showing various stages of the production of iron and steel
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Dirk Valkenburg A Eurasian eagle-owl with with other birds in a landscape
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Frans Pourbus the Elder Portrait of a young woman, aged 17, holding a small spaniel wearing a collar of bells
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Taddeo di Bartolo Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint William of Maleval: a pair of roundels
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Taddeo di Bartolo Saint Simon; Saint Francis of Assisi: a pair
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The Master of Marradi The Death of Lucretia at the Banquet of Lucius Junius Brutus
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Jacopo Robusti, called Jacopo Tintoretto Portrait of a bearded man, possibly Prince Antonio di Santacroce of Rome
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Roman follower of Caravaggio and Simon Vouet, circa 1620-25
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Juan Pantoja de la Cruz Portrait of a gentleman in armor, traditionally said to be Don Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, full-length
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Bartolomeo Bettera A still life with musical instruments and a globe on a table, a curtain behind
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Cesare Dandini Still life of two shelducks hanging from their bills
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Guido Reni Ecce Homo
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Carlo Dolci Mater Dolorosa
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Willem Claesz. Heda A banquet piece with an overturned tazza and oysters
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Marten van Cleve the Elder Children's Games
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Rachel Ruysch Still life with flowers in a vase on a ledge with a dragonfly, caterpillar, and butterfly
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David Teniers the Younger Peasants smoking and drinking in a tavern
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Aert de Gelder Portrait of a young man behind a balustrade, possibly a self-portrait of the artist
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Sir Anthony van Dyck Portrait of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593-1641)
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Willem van Aelst Still life with grapes in a basket, peaches on a silver dish, medlars, two butterflies, a fly and a snail, all on a red velvet cloth over a partially draped ledge
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Jan Fris A still life with a stoneware jug, a glass of beer, playing cards and smokers’ requisites
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Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder A still life of white and red roses, a tulip, anemones, a hyacinth, a pansy, lily-of-the-valley, and other flowers in an ornamented glass vase on a hard-stone ledge, with a shell, a bluebottle and a Red Admiral butterfly
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Hubert Robert View of a garden with a large fountain at center and figures relaxing and dancing in the foreground
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Hubert Robert View of a walled garden courtyard, with a woman feeding chickens and other figures in the foreground
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Joseph Wright of Derby, A.R.A. A cottage on fire at night
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Joseph Wright of Derby, A.R.A. Mr. and Mrs. William Chase, three-quarter length, in an interior by a window, the latter holding a bird
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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot La Cascade de Terni
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William Bouguereau Au bord du ruisseau
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Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A. Erato
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Antonietta Brandeis Venice: A View of the Piazza San Marco
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