Rare Finds from Private Collections to Highlight Christie’s Old Master Paintings Sale in New York

Jean Siméon Chardin (Paris 1699-1779), Still Life with a copper pot, a pitcher, fish, a glass, two nuts and an onion. Estimate: $1,200,000-1,800,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2009.

( Source Art Daily) NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced details of its upcoming Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture sale on January 28, 2009. The sale of over 200 items brings together a remarkable selection of artwork from the leading masters of European art, including a number of rare, privatelysourced, and historically significant items not seen on the market for decades. Highlights of the sale include an altarpiece study by Barocci, landscapes by Turner and Constable, Italian Renaissance tondi from the studio of Botticelli and the anonymous Master of Memphis, portraits by Girodet and Van Dyck, still lifes by Chardin and van Veerendael, and an excellent selection of bronze and wooden sculpture.
Old Masters Week at Christie’s New York begins Monday, January 26, with a 6 p.m. lecture on J.M.W. Turner entitled, “Continuing Revolution: A Life in Watercolor” by Andrew Wilton, Former Curator of the Turner Collection, Tate Britain. On Tuesday, January 27 the sales begin with Part I of The Scholar’s Eye: Property from the Julius Held Collection. Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture on January 28 is followed by Old Master and 19th Century Drawings on Thursday, January 29, and Part II of The Scholar’s Eye on Friday, January 30.

Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture at Christie’s

Christie’s New York. Highlight Sales for January, February and March 2009 (PDF)