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Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale
Including Three Renaissance Masterworks from Chatsworth

05 December 2012 | 7:00 PM GMT | London

SALE TOTAL

58,061,500GBP
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  • 52
    Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael
    Head of a Young Apostle
    LOT SOLD.29,721,250GBP
  • 9
    Jan Havicksz. Steen
    The prayer before the meal
    LOT SOLD.5,641,250GBP
  • 51
    Louis de Gruuthuse's copy of the Deeds of Sir Gillion de Trazegnies in the Middle East, in French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [southern Netherlands (Antwerp or perhaps Bruges), dated 1464]
    LOT SOLD.3,849,250GBP
  • 47
    Bernardo Bellotto
    Venice, the Grand Canal: looking south-west, from the Rialto Bridge to the Palazzo Foscari
    LOT SOLD.3,289,250GBP
  • 38
    Willem van de Velde the Younger
    Shipping in a calm offshore with figures on the shore by a rowing boat, a Man-of-War lying off
    LOT SOLD.1,945,250GBP
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Sale Number: L12036 Lots : 51

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This December’s Evening sale is led by three extraordinary works from the Devonshire Collection at Chatsworth, including perhaps the finest of Raphael’s six surviving auxiliary cartoons for his last great masterpiece, The Transfiguration, and two 15th Century manuscripts which are among the most lavish and finest still in private hands. Complementing these remarkable Renaissance masterworks is a set of four scenes from the Passion of Christ by Niccolò di Pietro Gerini, the only known surviving examples of an Italian 14th-century narrative cycle painted on a linen fabric support.

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WEDNESDAY, 5 DECEMBER, LONDON - In a crowded saleroom at Sotheby’s London, the art world witnessed an historic moment tonight when Raphael’s Head of a Young Apostle (c. 1519-20) dramatically set a new record at auction for the artist, when it achieved £29.7 million / $47.8 million / €36.6 million. Following an intense 17 minute battle between four bidders - both in the auction room and on the phones – the hammer came down on the winning bid which was cast on the telephone. The room erupted in a round of applause as the drawing - which came to sale from one of the greatest Old Master Drawings collections in the world, the Devonshire Collection at Chatsworth - achieved a price almost three times that of its pre-sale low estimate of £10-15 million.

Gregory Rubinstein, Worldwide Head of Old Master Drawings at Sotheby’s, said “If you are lucky, at some point in your career a work like this comes along. A number of the world’s greatest collectors stepped up tonight in recognition of the genius of Raphael and the extraordinary beauty of this drawing with its exceptional provenance.”

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Alexander Bell
Board Director
International Department Head
Old Master Paintings
+44 20 7293 5420
alex.bell@sothebys.com
Gregory Rubinstein
Senior Director
Head of Department, Worldwide
Old Master & Early British Drawings
+44 20 7293 5417
greg.rubinstein@sothebys.com
George Gordon
Co-Chairman, Worldwide Old Master Paintings & Drawings
Board Director
Old Master Paintings
+44 20 7293 5414
george.gordon@sothebys.com
Cristiana Romalli
Senior Director
Senior Specialist
Old Master Drawings
+44 20 7293 5419
cristiana.romalli@sothebys.com
Arabella Chandos
Senior Director
Senior Specialist
Old Master Paintings
+44 20 7293 5421
arabella.chandos@sothebys.com
Andrew Fletcher
Senior Director
Head of Auction Sales
Old Master Paintings
+44 20 7293 6205
andrew.fletcher@sothebys.com
Julian Gascoigne
Director
Specialist
British Pictures 1550-1850
+44 20 7293 5482
julian.gascoigne@sothebys.com
James Macdonald
Senior Director, Worldwide
Head of Private Sales,
Old Master Paintings
+44 20 7293 6414
jamesv.macdonald@sothebys.com
David Moore-Gwyn
Consultant
Old Master Paintings
+44 20 7293 5406
davidmooregwyn.consultant@sothebys.com
Edoardo Roberti
Senior Director
Specialist
Old Master Paintings
+44 20 7293 5428
edoardo.roberti@sothebys.com
Alexandra Corby
Senior Administrator
Modern & Post-war British Art
+44 20 7293 5456
alexandra.corby@sothebys.com
Alba King
Post-sale Manager
+44 20 7293 5220
alba.king@sothebys.com
   
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