SOUTH NETHERLANDS, 16th c.
Extensive landscape with the vision of Saint Hubert.
Oil on panel. 72 x 78 cm.
Sold for CHF 180 000 buyer's premium incl.
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A152/3018 SOUTH NETHERLANDS, 16th c. Extensive landscape with the vision of Saint Hubert. Oil on panel. 72 x 78 cm. Sold for CHF 180 000 buyer's premium incl. For a high-resolution image, please click on the picture. |
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A152/3033 ABRAHAM MIGNON Fruit and floral still life with grapes, peaches, melons, corn poppy and insects on a stone table. Circa 1675. Oil on panel. 38.4 x 3.2 cm. Sold for CHF 432 000 buyer's premium incl. For a high-resolution image, please click on the picture. |
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A152/3031 Workshop of BRUEGHEL, JAN the younger (1601 Antwerp 1678) Chorus of birds. Oil on copper. 13.2 x 17.9 cm. Sold for CHF 87 600 buyer's premium incl. For a high-resolution image, please click on the picture. |
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A152/3039 MORTEL, JAN (1650 Leiden 1719) Still life with fruits and insects. 1700. Oil on panel. Signed and dated lower left: Mortel f: A 1700. 53.8 x 45.3 cm. Sold for CHF 146 400 buyer's premium incl. For a high-resolution image, please click on the picture. |
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A152/3043 BELLOTTI, PIETRO (Volcianodi Salo 1627 - 1700 Gargnano) The Fate Lachesis. Oil on canvas. 95 x 78.5 cm. Sold for CHF 204 000 buyer's premium incl. For a high-resolution image, please click on the picture. |
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A152/3062 FRANCESCO GUARDI, 18th c. Canale Grande with a view of the Fondaco dei Turchi. Oil on canvas. 53.6 x 71.8 cm. Sold for CHF 168 000 buyer's premium incl. For a high-resolution image, please click on the picture. |
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| A newly rediscovered still life by 17th-century Dutch artist Abraham Mignon (lot 3033) tripled its pre-sale estimate at Koller's spring Old Master Paintings auction, selling for CHF 432 000 / EUR 311 000. The painting, a still life with fruit and flowers dating from the end of Mignon's short life, circa 1675, was previously known to experts only through a black-and-white photo from the 1930s. Its freshness to the market as well as its jewel-like rendering of detail inspired the two final bidders to raise the ante by an additional hundred thousand francs.
Another painting that incited spirited bidding was a 17th-century allegory by the northern Italian artist Pietro Belotti, “The Fate Lachesis” (lot 3043). Depicting the Fate as an old woman, Belotti simultaneously realized a striking portrait marked by the personality of the sitter, as well as a somewhat troubling depiction of the Fate who, according to Greek and Roman mythology, decided shortly after a baby's birth how long its lifespan would be. The CHF 204 000 / EUR 147 000 realized for this work set a new auction record for the artist. Other highlights of the Old Masters auction were a 16th-century Flemish landscape with the conversion of St. Hubert (lot 3018) that fetched CHF 180 000 / EUR 130 000, a scene by the workshop of Lucas Cranach the younger with the amusing title “Unequal Love” (lot 3022) that more than tripled its estimate to sell for CHF 103 200 / EUR 74 300, and a “Concert of Birds” (lot 3031), one of the most popular motifs by the workshop of Jan Breughel the younger. |