Old Master Paintings
In achieving the outstanding, world record price of 7 million euros this spring, for Frans Franckens masterpiece "Man deciding between Virtue and Vice", Dorotheum simultaneously broke several records; the highest price ever paid for an Old Master on the European continent and the world’s highest price at auction for an Old Master that year. By doing so, 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, Jan Brueghel the Younger, Giovanna Garzoni, Francesco Guardi and Antonio Joli, are some of the recent highlights achieved by Old Master paintings, one of Dorotheum’s most respected sale categories.
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Old Master's Department
Alexandra Moritsch, Alexander Strasoldo, Mark Mac Donnell, Dr. Maria Cristina Paoluzzi, Paola Eula, Michael Hatzl
Mark MacDonnell
Tel. +43-1-515 60-353
mark.macdonnell@dorotheum.at
Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
Tel. +43-1-515 60-556
alexander.strasoldo@dorotheum.at
Mon, Tue, 9am - 3pm
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
United Kingdom
Damian Brenninkmeyer
Tel: +44-7881 568 717
damian.brenninkmeyer@dorotheum.com
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 | |
| Old Master Paintings | Palais Dorotheum | 11.06.2013 - 16:00 | 05.06. - 11.06.2013 | browse |
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