Old Master Paintings
Our auctions of Old Master Paintings are held twice annually, in March and September. Attended by an international audience of collectors and dealers, they are among the most important and successful auctions of their kind in Europe. The curated selection features paintings from the late Middle Ages to circa 1800.
Extraordinary hammer prices regularly make international headlines: Ambrosius Bosschaert for CHF 5.77 million, Gerrit Dou for CHF 1 million, Anthony van Dyck for CHF 2.44 million, Jan Gossaert called Mabuse for CHF 2.38 million, Lucas Cranach the Elder for CHF 1.18 million, Pieter Brueghel the Younger for CHF 1.6 million, Pieter Claesz for CHF 980,000, Bartholomaeus Spranger for CHF 1 million, and many more.
Our catalogue descriptions are based on the latest research and art-historically accurate, and to this end we are in close contact with the world’s leading experts in the field. Every painting is thoroughly examined to determine its age, condition and authorship. This exhaustive research has allowed us time and again to make important new discoveries and to attribute works to important artists. For example, we identified an unsigned ‘Assumption of Mary’ as a work by Guido Reni, which went on to realise 1.2 million Swiss francs in our auction. Working with the curators of the Prado Museum, we also determined that a depiction of ‘Lot and his Daughters’ was an autograph work by Francesco de Goya. It subsequently sold in our auction for 2.6 million francs.
Our Old Master auctions benefit from intensive marketing campaigns aimed at a worldwide audience of collectors. Our Old Master specialist, Karoline Weser, is available to appraise and value paintings in view of a possible auction consignment. We accept consignments until mid-January for the March auction and untilmid-July for the September auction.
Next Auctions
19 September 2025. Would you like to sell Old Master paintings in our September auction? Contact us before mid-July for a no-obligations estimate.

If you wish to consign to one of our auctions, we will value your artworks free of charge. Please send us photos if possible, or call us. We will arrange an appointment to view your property at your home or in one of our offices in Zurich, Geneva, Florence, Munich or Düsseldorf. You will then receive our auction estimates so that you can make your decision.
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Artist index Old Master Paintings
SELECTED RESULTS Old Master Paintings
Attributed to GIOVANNI ANTONIO BOLTRAFFIO

CHF 68 750
PRAGUE SCHOOL, Beginning of the 17th Century

CHF 62 500
AMBROSIUS BOSSCHAERT the Elder

CHF 866 000
JAN VAN KESSEL the Younger

CHF 85 000
JAN VAN GOYEN

CHF 100 000
ISAAC VAN OSTADE

CHF 112 500
JAN VAN DEN HECKE the Elder

CHF 53 750
CHARLES ERRARD the Younger

CHF 93 750
TOMMASO DEL MAZZA

CHF 187 500
JAN BAEGERT called MASTER OF CAPPENBERG

CHF 137 500