Departments / Old Master Prints and Drawings
| 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: 20 September 2013 |
| Old Master Drawings - 22 March 2013
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| A record for Aloys Zötl One of the most striking lots in the auction of Old Master Prints and Drawings was the watercolour by Aloys Zötl from 1861 depicting a rhinoceros. Estimated at CHF 9 000, the final bid was for CHF 144 000 (lot 3507). A further watercolour on paper by Louis-Jean Desprez with a view of the ancient theatre of Taormina went to a new owner for CHF 18 000 (lot 3458). A chalk drawing by Raffaello Santi depicting a child’s head was also sold for well above the estimate at CHF 38 400 (lot 3422). The two harbour views rendered in gouache on paper by the French artist Jean-Baptiste Lallemand reached CHF 22 000 (lot 3448). In addition, a pen drawing with rocks and trees by Heinrich Dreber climbed from CHF 3 000 to CHF 10 000 (lot 3477). This was also the case for a drawing in brown pen by Eugène Louis Boudin - a beach scene with fishermen from the second half of the 19th century: here the bids rose from CHF 1 200 to CHF 7 800 (lot 3506).
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| Old Master Prints - 22 March 2013
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