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.
Current auctions
Old Master Paintings
Auction 20. September 2024, 02.00 PM
Koller Zurich A210
Old Master Paintings - online only
Auction 25. September 2024, 02.00 PM
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ICONS FROM A PRIVATE SWISS COLLECTION
Auction 25. September 2024, 03.30 PM
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STOMER'S DRAMATIC SUPPER
"THE ENTIRE COMPOSITION SIMPLY INVITES THE VIEWER".
Matthias Stomer's brilliant representation of the Supper at Emmaus is a quintessential example of Caravaggio's influence on Northern European painting.
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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Appraisal Events
Munich
10 & 11 April / 17 & 18 October
Salzburg
10 & 11 April / 17 & 18 October
Hamburg / Northern Germany
6 November
Rhineland / Frankfurt
3 & 4 June / 4 & 5 November
Stuttgart
12 April / 15 November
Belgium / Netherlands
12 & 13 June / 20 & 22 November
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Artist index Old Master Paintings
SELECTED RESULTS Old Master Paintings
TOMMASO DEL MAZZA
CHF 150 000 (hammer price)
All information is subject to change.
LUCAS CRANACH the Elder
CHF 260 000 (hammer price)
All information is subject to change.
MATTHIAS STOMER
CHF 440 000 (hammer price)
All information is subject to change.
CLARA PEETERS
CHF 500 000 (hammer price)
All information is subject to change.
NICOLAES VAN VERENDAEL
CHF 260 000 (hammer price)
All information is subject to change.
BICCI DI LORENZO
CHF 68 750
Studio of CORNELIS VAN CLEVE
CHF 62 500
JOHANN KÖNIG
CHF 187 500
HERCULES PIETERSZ. SEGERS
CHF 270 000
NICOLAES PIETERSZ. BERCHEM
CHF 68 750