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    • MOST IMPORTANT OLD MASTER DRAWINGS AT AUCTION IN GENERATION

    The most important collection of Old Master Drawings at auction in a generation comes up at Christie’s in London, Paris and Amsterdam in 2014-15. The I.Q. van Regteren Altena Collection features works by Rubens, Rembrandt, Goltzius and de Gheyn.  Professor van Regteren Altena (1899-1980) was a distinguished art historian who was head of the Prints and Drawings department at the Rijksmuseum.  There are more than 800 lots in his collection, which presents an incomparable panorama of mostly Dutch and Flemish draughtsmanship from 1550 to 1850.  It is expected to realise more than £10 million.

    The Rijksmuseum announced that the van Regteren Altena heirs have allowed them to make a selection from the collection for acquisition.  The museum chose drawings with a special association with I.Q.van Regteren Altena: a landscape by J. de Gheyn and a group of 46 spectacular watercolours by Joseph Augustus Knip. A further 69 drawings by 19th century Dutch contemporaries of Knip in Italy were also donated by the heirs.  Christie’s will present Part I of the colleciton, including more than 70 Dutch and Flemish drawings from the Renaissance to the Golden Age in London on July 10. Three further auctions will follow the King Street sale. Parts II & IV, dedicated to the Dutch and  Flemish schools, will take place in Amsterdam in December 2014 and May  2015. Part III, including French and Italian drawings, will be sold in Paris in March 2015. Here are some examples to be sold in London in July.

    Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Leiden 1606-1669 Amsterdam) A young man leaning on a stick (£250,000-350,000).

    Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Leiden 1606-1669 Amsterdam)
    A young man leaning on a stick (£250,000-350,000). Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2014.  UPDATE: THIS MADE £206,500

    Hendrick Goltzius (Mühlbracht 1558-1617 Haarlem) Study of a hand (£300,000-500,000). Courtesy Christie's Images Ltd., 2014.

    Hendrick Goltzius (Mühlbracht 1558-1617 Haarlem)
    Study of a hand (£300,000-500,000). Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2014. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £2,658,500

    Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp) Samson and Delilah (recto); Figure studies, probably of soldiers (verso) (£1.5-2.5 million). Courtesy Christie's Images Ltd., 2014.

    Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp)
    Samson and Delilah (recto); Figure studies, probably of soldiers (verso) (£1.5-2.5 million). Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2014. UPDATE: THIS MADE £3,218,500

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