Sir Anthony van Dyck – Portrait of Hendrick Liberti.
THE Old Master and British Paintings evening sale at Christie’s in London this evening brought in £13.9 million. The top lot was Sir Anthony van Dyck’s portrait of Hendrick Liberti which sold for £2,882,500. Willem van de Velde’s II A Kaag and other vessels off the Dutch coast sold for £2,210,500, a Canaletto of the Grand Canal in Venice made £1,314,500 and Hendrick Bloemaert’s Allegory of Winter made £866,500, a world record price for the artist at auction.
Clementine Sinclair, Head of Sale said: “We are very pleased with the results of the Evening Sale, which achieved strong sell through rates both by lot (75%) and value (84%). This sale was carefully curated, focusing on works that were fresh to the market, in good condition and attractively priced, which prompted competitive bidding from both traditional European and American buyers, as well as bidders from Russia, China and South America. Private collectors secured all of the top five lots.”
(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for November 16, 2014).