Old Master Drawings and Prints
Old master drawings is an exciting field in which discoveries can still be made, and Koller's auctions have had their share of record prices. A portrait of a man thought to be by the circle of Andrea del Sarto turned out to be attributed to the great master, and sold for CHF 718 000 / EUR 445 000 in March 2007, the highest price ever paid for an old master drawing in a Swiss auction. Other successes include an 18th-century depiction of a young man reading by G. B. Piazzetta, sold for CHF 174 000 / EUR 108 000, and a beautiful study by Parmagianino that changed hands for CHF 156 000 / EUR 97 000.
 

Next Auction: 26 March 2010

Preview in Zurich:

13 - 21 March 2010

Preview of highlights:

Düsseldorf: 25 - 26 February 2010

Old Master Prints and Drawings - Auction 26 March 2010
Highlights

   
  A152/3564
SOUTH GERMAN, ca. 1420.
The Death of the Virgin.
Woodcut print in crimson, ochre, brown, grey and green. 26.3 x 37.5 cm
Extremely rare, of museum quality.

CHF 50 000 / 70 000
(€ 33 780 / 47 300)

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  A152/3435
HUBERT ROBERT
(1733 Paris 1808)
Antique monumental bridge.
Red chalk drawing.
Old inscription verso: Vente de Charles Morin, Paris 19 mars 1924 N.47
37.4 x 29.7 cm.

CHF 15 000.- / 20 000.-
(€ 10 140.- / 13 510.-)

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  A152/3455
School of HARMENSZ VAN RIJN REMBRANDT
(Leiden 1606-1669 Amsterdam)
Study for Jacob, who is brought the blood-covered coat, circa 1650/52.
Brown pen. On wove paper with watermark: coat of arms with bull.
15.7 x 13.5 cm.

CHF 15 000.- / 20 000.-
(€ 10 140.- / 13 510.-)

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  A152/3515
HEMISPHERE MAP
Andreas Cellarius (1596 - 1665).
Haemisphaerium Stellatum Australe Antiquum.
Old colored copper map. 43,5 x 51 cm.

CHF 2 000.- / 3 000.-
(€ 1 350.- / 2 030.-)

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  A152/3524
TURKEY - BURSA.
Johann Jakob Falkeisen
(1804 Basel 1883)
Lot of 6 sheets. Pen and watercolour. Circa 1843.

CHF 10 000.- / 15 000.-
(€ 6 760.- / 10 140.-)

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  A152/3539
ALBRECHT DÜRER
(1471 Nürnberg 1528).
Nemesis or The great fortune. 1501.
33.3 x 23.3 cm.

CHF 30 000.- / 50 000.-
(€ 20 270.- / 33 780.-)

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A sensation in this spring‘s old master prints auction at Koller is a Gothic color woodblock print from circa 1420, “The Death of the Virgin” (lot 3564), recently discovered in a Swiss collection. Only two copies of this print were known until now: a slightly more trimmed version in the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg, and a fragment in the Tiroler Landesmusem Ferdiandeum in Innsbruck. The beautifully conserved sheet at Koller is among the rarest examples of prints in the International Gothic style. Also featured in this auction is a richly inked example of Albrecht Dürer‘s “Nemesis oder Das grosse Glück” (The Great Fortune) from circa 1501 (lot 3539). Among the old master drawings in Koller‘s March auctions are a pen and ink study from the school of Rembrandt (lot 3455) from circa 1650-52, and two 18th-century sanguine drawings of ancient ruins by Hubert Robert (lots 3433 and 3455).