Old Master Paintings
In achieving the outstanding, world record price of 7 million euros this spring, for Frans Franckens masterpiece The Human who has to decide between Virtue and Vice, the Dorotheum simultaneously broke several records; the highest price ever paid for an Old Master on the European continent and the world’s highest bid for an Old Master this year. By doing so, the Dorotheum has again demonstrated its pre-eminence as continental Europe’s leading auction house for Old Masters. The world record price for a Guido Cagnacci, and record results for Guercino, Melchior de Hondecoeter, Jan Lievens, Willem Kalf, Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, Jan Brueghel the Younger, Giovanna Garzoni, Francesco Guardi and Antonio Joli, are some of the recent highlights achieved by Old Master paintings, one of the Dorotheum’s most respected sale categories.
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Old Master's Department
v.l.n.r. Michael Hatzl, Simon Mraz, Peter Wolf, Dr. Maria Cristina Paoluzzi, Alexander Graf Strasoldo, Mark Mac Donnell, Alexandra Moritsch
Austria, Italy
Dr. Mark MacDonnell
Tel. AT +43-1-515 60-353
Tel. IT +39-02-303 52 41
Fax: +43-1-515 60-461
mark.macdonnell@dorotheum.at
Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
Tel. +43-1-515 60-556
alexander.strasoldo@dorotheum.at
Mon, Tue, 9am - 3pm
Prof. Dr. Peter Wolf (consultant)
Tel. +43-1-515 60
E-Mail: old.masters@dorotheum.at
Rome
Dr. Maria Cristina Paoluzzi
Tel. +39-06-699 23 671
maria-cristina.paoluzzi@dorotheum.it
Munich
Michael Hatzl
Tel. +49-89-271 21 41
michael.hatzl@dorotheum.de
Auction results
- Frans Francken II, € 7,02 Mio
- Guido Cagnacci, Lucrezia
€ 1,4 Mio
- Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, il Guercino, € 1 Mio
- Pieter Brueghel the Younger, € 696.000
- Melchior de Hondecoeter, € 672.000
| Auction | Location | Auction Date | Public Viewing | Catalogue | |
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Old Master Paintings | Palais Dorotheum | 18.04.2012 - 17:00 | 07.04. - 18.04.2012 |
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