Category: Old Masters

The Madonna of Chancellor Rolin, the only work by Jan van Eyck (about 1390/95–1441) to be held in France, is one of the Louvre’s master paintings. Jan van Eyck (Netherlands, about 1390/95–1441) Madonna of Chancellor Rolin oil on panel 66 x 62 cm Painted circa 1435 Collection of Musée du Louvre, Paris To celebrate the ...

Vincent van Gogh (Netherlands, 1853–1890) Sunflowers oil on canvas 92.2 × 73 cm (36.3 × 29 in) Painted in 1888 Collection of National Gallery, London The secret behind the painting Van Gogh's Sunflowers A series of 6 paintings produced in 1888 and 1889, the Sunflowers were intended to decorate Gauguin's room, which Van Gogh was ...

France, XVIIIe Siècle Buste d'homme (Bust of man) terracotta, resting on a rear white marble pedestal H: 46 cm (17 in.); H (total): 63 cm (243⁄4 in.) Estimate EUR 3,000 - EUR 5,000 Christie's: Maîtres Anciens: Peintures - Sculptures, Paris, 31 May - 14 June 2024

Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson (France, 1767-1824) L'Odalisque oil on canvas 40,3 x 32,7 cm (15 7/8 x 12 7/8 in.) Estimate EUR 80,000 – EUR 120,000 Price realised EUR EUR 378,000 at Christie's: Maîtres Anciens: Peintures - Sculptures, Paris, 12 June 2024 This portrait of a young girl with luxurious dark curls was gifted by artist to the ...

Marianne Loir (France, 1715-1783) Portrait d'une femme en Flore, de trois-quarts (Portrait of a woman in Flora, three-quarter view) oil on canvas 116,7 x 90,7 cm (46 x 353⁄4 in.) Estimate EUR 10,000 - EUR 15,000 Christie's: Maîtres Anciens: Peintures - Sculptures, Paris, 31 May - 14 June 2024

Jean Siméon Chardin’s Le Melon entamé fetched EUR €26,730,000 at Christie’s Paris, 12 June 2024 Chardin was the pre-eminent still-life painter of his day and would go on to inspire Manet, Matisse and Cezanne. This masterpiece from the Rothschild family collection is offered with the estimate EUR 8,000,000 - 12,000,000 in Maîtres Anciens: Peintures — ...

Chardin was the pre-eminent still-life painter of his day and would go on to inspire Manet, Matisse and Cezanne. This masterpiece from the Rothschild family collection is offered with the estimate EUR 8,000,000 - 12,000,000 in Maîtres Anciens: Peintures — Sculptures on 12 June 2024 at Christie’s Paris Le melon entamé is one of the ...

Paul Sérusier (1863-1927) Promenade du Dimanche (Robe Noire) 36.5 x 93 cm. (14 3/8 x 36 5/8 in.) signed and dated 'P. Sérusier 1894' (on the reverse) tempera on canvas Painted in Châteauneuf-du-Faou in 1894 Estimate EUR 50,000 – EUR 70,000 Paul Sérusier (1863-1927) Promenade du Dimanche (Robes Jaunes) signed and dated 'P. Sérusier 1894' ...

Vincent van Gogh (Netherlands, 1853-1890) Naaiende vrouw (Woman Sewing) gouache, watercolour and black and white chalk on paper 23 ¾ x 17 ½ in. (60.1 x 44.6 cm.) Executed in Etten in October - November 1881 Estimate GBP 2,000,000 – GBP 3,000,000 Price Realised GBP 2,460,000 Christie's London, 20th/21st Century Evening Sale, 7 March 2024

Francis Bacon (Ireland/England, 1909-1992) Landscape near Malabata, Tangier titled and dated ‘Landscape near Malabata, Tangier 1963’ (on the reverse) oil on canvas 78 x 57in. (198.1 x 144.8cm.) Painted in 1963 Estimate GBP 15,000,000 – GBP 20,000,000 Price Realised GBP 19,630,000 Christie's London, 20th/21st Century Evening Sale, 7 March 2024