Old Masters Evening Sale
London
Old Masters Evening Sale 
Sale L20036
10 December 2020 | London | full auction details
This December’s Old Masters Evening Sale offers a strong selection of 17th-century Dutch and Flemish paintings, including three masterpieces by three titans of the Golden Age. David Teniers the Younger’s The Wine Harvest is one of the largest and finest works he ever painted and, from the collection of the Viscounts Gage, it comes to the market for the first time in well over 200 years, only a little longer than Jacob van Ruisdael’s moving, early masterpiece Landscape with a cottage and stone bridge under a cloudy sky which last appeared in 1840. Jan Steen’s wonderfully optimistic and finely executed The Dancing Couple completes the trio.
A wide selection of Italian paintings are also on offer, from the Renaissance to the late 18th century, amongst which is a Portrait of Thomas Orde by Pompeo Batoni that is “one of the artist’s finest and most sympathetic likeness of an Englishman”. British highlights include two beautifully preserved portraits by Hans Eworth and Sir Peter Lely, and the sale is completed by three of the Spanish Baroque’s biggest names: El Greco; Jusepe de Ribera; and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo.
Exhibitions
Viewing times subject to current government guidelines.
London: 5–9 December
Mon – Fri: 9:00am – 4:30pm
Sat & Sun: 12:00pm – 5:00pm
New York: 10 – 18 November
By Appointment Only
Mon – Sat: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Sun: 10:00am – 1:00pm
Exhibition closes at 12:00pm on 18 October.
Illustrated:
Jan Havicksz. Steen
‘The Dancing Couple’: a terrace with a couple dancing to a pipe and fiddle, peasants eating and merrymaking behind
£1,000,000-1,500,000
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Selected Lots
Workshop or close circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins 《聖烏蘇拉與一萬零一千位貞女殉道》
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Mariotto Albertinelli and Giuliano Bugiardini The Virgin and Child with the young Saint John the Baptist and an angel 《聖母與聖嬰、少年施洗者聖約翰及天使》
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Biagio d'Antonio The Virgin and Child before a landscape 《風景前的聖母與聖嬰》
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Francesco Ubertini, called Bachiacca Tobias and the Angel 《托比亞斯與天使》
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Callisto Piazza The Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin 《聖母升天及加冕》
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Hans Eworth Portrait of Joan Thornbury, Mrs Richard Wakeman 《瓊・桑伯里，理查德・韋克曼夫人肖像》
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Frans Francken the Younger Neptune and Amphitrite 《涅普頓與安菲特里忒》
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Salomon van Ruysdael A river landscape with sailing boats, possibly a view on the Wijkermeer 《河上帆船風景，應為維格米爾的景觀》
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Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael Landscape with a cottage and stone bridge under a cloudy sky 《陰天下的茅屋與石橋風景》
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Willem Claesz. Heda A still life with an overturned silver tazza, glassware, pies and a peeled lemon on a table 《靜物：桌上倒轉的銀製扁花瓶、玻璃器皿、餡餅和去皮檸檬》
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Sir Peter Lely Portrait of Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield (1634–1714) 《菲利普・斯坦霍普，切斯特菲爾德伯爵二世（1634–1714年）肖像》
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David Teniers the Younger The Wine Harvest 《葡萄酒收穫》
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Onorio Marinari Saint Catherine of Alexandria 《亞歷山大的聖凱瑟琳》
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Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Mater Dolorosa 《苦難聖母》
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Doménikos Theotokopoulos, called El Greco and Workshop Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy 《亞西西聖方濟各的狂喜》
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Jusepe de Ribera, called lo Spagnoletto Saint Teresa of Avila (1515–1582) 《亞維拉聖德蘭（1515-1582年）》
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder The Netherlandish Proverbs 《荷蘭諺語》
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Hendrick van Steenwijck the Younger The Interior of a Gothic Church 《哥德式教堂內部》
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Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael Landscape with cornfields and a thatched barn 《麥田與茅舍風景》
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Jan Havicksz. Steen ‘The Dancing Couple’: a terrace with a couple dancing to a pipe and fiddle, peasants eating and merrymaking behind 《雙雙起舞：露台上隨管弦樂跳舞的男女與吃喝玩樂的農民》
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Jan Josefsz. van Goyen River landscape with farmhouses and a dovecote upon a high bank 《河上風景，河畔農舍與鴿房景觀》
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Meindert Hobbema A wooded landscape with figures conversing on a path, a cottage beneath oak trees beyond 《林木風景，路上寒暄的行人與橡樹下的小屋》
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Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade 'The Dutch Fates' 《荷蘭命運三女神》
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Jan Brueghel the Younger Still life with a large bouquet of flowers in a wooden bucket, including a crown imperial lily, roses, tulips and other flowers, with butterflies, insects and berries on the shelf beneath 《靜物畫：木盆裡的大束鮮花，包括一朵冠花貝母、玫瑰、鬱金香，盆架上有蝴蝶、昆蟲、莓果》
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Sir Anthony van Dyck and Studio Portrait of George Hay, 2nd Earl of Kinnoull (circa 1595–1644), full-length, wearing armour, and holding a baton in his right hand, his left resting on a table with a red cloth, upon which is his helmet 《喬治・黑伊，金諾伯爵二世（約1595-1644年）身披鎧甲、右手持棍、左手搭在桌邊的全身肖像，桌上
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Sir Peter Lely Portrait of Elizabeth Capel, Countess of Carnarvon (1633–1678), with a guitar 《伊莉莎白・卡佩，卡那封伯爵夫人（1633-1678年）手持吉他的肖像》
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Pompeo Girolamo Batoni Portrait of Thomas Orde, later Orde-Powlett and 1st Baron Bolton (1746–1807) 《托馬斯・奧德（1746-1807年）肖像，後封奧德・寶勒及保頓男爵一世》
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Gaspar van Wittel, called Vanvitelli Venice, Santa Maria della Salute and the entrance to the Grand Canal 《威尼斯安康聖母聖殿與大運河入口》
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Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. Portrait of Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Taylor (1775–1839) 《英國陸軍中將賀伯・泰勒（1775-1839）肖像》
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Heinrich Friedrich Füger Jupiter
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Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, called Sandro Botticelli Christ on the Cross adored by Saints Monica, Augustine, Mary Magdalen, Jerome and Bridget of Sweden 《聖莫尼卡、聖奧古斯丁、聖瑪利亞・瑪達肋納、聖傑羅姆及瑞典聖畢哲敬拜十字架上的耶穌》
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