Following the record-breaking auctions in Spring, Dorotheum starts off the Autumn season with major auctions of Old Master Paintings, 19th Century Paintings, and Antiques in October 2010.
Palais Dorotheum Vienna
Viewing from Saturday 2 October

Auction: 13 October 2010, 5 and 6.30 pm
Recently rediscovered paintings will be at the heart of the Old Master auction, including two important works by Guercino depicting episodes from the life of David. more...
picture: Denys Calvaert, Dionisio Fiammingo (1540–1619), Holy Family with the Infant St John, 1579, oil on canvas, 58 x 41 cm
€ 90,000 – 120,000

Auction: 12 October 2010, 5 p.m.
The auction of 19th Century Paintings presents some fine works from this period. Leopold Carl Müller’s Egyptian Watercarriers transport the viewer off to the Orient. more...
picture (detail): Leopold Carl Müller (1834–1892), Egyptian Water Carriers, 1880, oil on canvas, 72 x 118 cm
€ 350,000 – 450,000

Auction: 13/14 October, 2 p.m.
Pride of place at the Antiques auction goes to a rare chandelier by the famous Ebéniste, Ciseleur et Doreur du Roi André Charles Boulle. more...
picture: André Charles Boulle (1642–1732), Chandelier with Dolphins, Paris, circa 1700, bronze, Ø 81.3 cm
estimate on request

Auction: 14. October, 6 pm
picture: Diamond pendant, gold 750, platinum, old-cut diamond tear ca. 1.50 ct, old-cut brilliants- and diamonds total weight ca. 6.50 ct, first third 20th Cent.
€ 18,000 – 25,000