Old Master Paintings - Auction, 18 September 2009
Highlights		    
  A150/3015
AMBROSIUS BOSSCHAERT the Elder
(Antwerp 1573-1621 The Hague)
Bouquet of flowers in a vase.
Oil on panel. 36.5x25.7 cm.

Sold for CHF 1 170 000 buyer's premium incl.

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3014   A150/3014
VENETIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1606.
"The Feast of the Rose Garlands".
Oil on canvas.160.2x194 cm.

Sold for CHF 156 000 buyer's premium incl.

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3017   A150/3017
DAVID TENIERS the Younger
(Antwerp 1610-1690 Brussels)
Bowlers in front of a tavern. Ca. 1660.
Oil on panel. 29.4x25x3 cm.

Sold for CHF 86 400 buyer's premium incl.

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3018   A150/3018
ROELANT SAVERY
(Kortrijk 1576 1639 Utrecht)
Deer and cattle on a hill in wooded landscape. 1626.
Oil on panel. 30.3x46.8 cm.

Sold for CHF 87 700 buyer's premium incl.

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3062   A150/3062
LUIGI QUAINI
(Ravenna 1643-1717 Bologna)
The Triumph of Venus and Cupid.
Oil on canvas. 93x136.5 cm.

Sold for CHF 28 800 buyer's premium incl.
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3076   A150/3076
JOHANN CONRAD SEEKATZ
(Grünstadt 1719-1768 Darmstadt)
Peasant children with ducks and geese before a landscape with trees.
Oil on canvas. 42x32 cm.

Sold for CHF 111 600 buyer's premium incl.

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Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder once again stole the show at Koller›s Old Masters auction, with a small floral still life selling at CHF 1.17 million / EUR 807 000 (lot 3015). A far cry from the CHF 5.77 million realized by a still life by the same Flemish master at Koller in September 2008, but, as Cyril Koller explains, the paintings themselves were worlds apart. “The still life we sold one year ago was signed, on copper rather than panel, and was in pristine condition,” Koller said. “Its recent discovery after being 'location unknown' for many years also greatly added to its appeal. We expected the present work to sell for about 1 million francs, because although it is a wonderful painting, among Old Masters, even relatively slight differences in quality, condition and provenance can set values apart by millions.” The Venetian painting after Albrecht Dürer's “The Feast of the Rose Garlands” (lot 3014) convinced buyers by its rarity and art historical value, selling for CHF 156 000 / EUR 107 600, tripling its low estimate. The canvas, executed circa 1600 in Venice, is one of the earliest surviving copies of an important altarpiece by Dürer that was later extensively damaged and overpainted, and so a rare witness to what the original work looked like. Other works that realized strong prices include a highly decorative landscape with deer and cattle by Dutch artist Roelant Savery (lot 3018), and a genre scene with bowlers in front of a tavern by David Teniers the Younger (lot 3017). A charming depiction of peasant children by 18th-century German artist Johann Conrad Seekatz (lot 3076) climbed to a surprising CHF 111 600 / EUR 77 000.