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20Valentin de BoulogneThe crowning with thornsLOT SOLD.5,178,000USD -
62Thomas Gainsborough R.A.The Blue PageLOT SOLD.3,250,000USD -
8Raffaello Sanzio, called RaphaelProfile Portrait of Valerio Belli, bust length, facing leftLOT SOLD.3,250,000USD -
50Bernardo BellottoVenice, a view of the Grand Canal looking East from the Campo di San Vio, to the left the Palazzo CorrerLOT SOLD.3,010,000USD -
30Matthias StomerChrist disputing with the doctorsLOT SOLD.2,650,000USD -
12Domenico BeccafumiMadonna and child with the infant Saint John the Baptist and Saint Catherine of SienaLOT SOLD.1,210,000USD -
26Hendrick Maertensz. SorghA musical company in an interiorLOT SOLD.610,000USD -
31Pietro Berrettini, called Pietro da CortonaChrist and the woman taken in adulteryLOT SOLD.490,000USD -
49Pietro BellottiVenice, the grand canal at the entrance to the Cannaregio with the church of San Geremia and the Palazzo LabiaLOT SOLD.490,000USD -
25Jan LievensHalf-length portrait of a gentleman, facing leftLOT SOLD.394,000USD
Overview
Results:
The first of Sotheby's Masters Week January 2016 auctions, The Collection of A. Alfred Taubman: Old Masters achieved a strong total of $24.1 million. Valentin de Boulogne's The Crowning of Thorns led the sale at $5.2 million, soaring above its high estimate of $2 million and setting a new record for the artist at auction. Painted in Rome around 1615, the impressive work – measuring nearly 5 feet tall – is among the first known pictures painted by Valentin de Boulogne, Caravaggio’s most accomplished French follower and arguably his greatest acolyte. A masterpiece of Baroque naturalism, The Crowning of Thorns was just one of five paintings that broke artist records that evening. Other highlights of the sale include a prolonged battle between two determined bidders for Raphael's Portrait of Valerio Belli, which fetched $3.3 million, and the sale of Thomas Gainsborough's The Blue Page at $3.3 million.
Details:
Mr. Taubman’s impressive collection of Old Masters ranges from rare pieces by Renaissance artists Raphael and Dürer – two of the most iconic names in the history of art – to a stunning view of Venice by Bernardo Bellotto. He also put together one of the strongest groups of Italian Baroque material in private hands, as well as a number of classic 18th century British pictures, such as the freely painted Blue Page by Thomas Gainsborough.
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