The Collection of Emily Vanderbilt and Jeptha Wade is a monumental testament to their incredibly keen and discerning eye for quality. Comprising a diverse selection of prints, paintings, books, and sculpture, the collection is breathtaking in its breadth and depth, offering a window into the life of the two philanthropists, whose dedication to the arts was matched only by their commitment to improving the world around them. Alongside contemporary masterpieces by Calder and Diebenkorn, the Vanderbilt Wade collection comprises an impressive group of Northern European Old Master Prints, including some of the most celebrated masterpieces of printmaking of the late 15th and dawn of the 16th centuries. Amongst this group is a rich impression of The Crucifixion with Four Angels of circa 1475 by Martin Schongauer, an exemplar of the artist’s highly refined and graceful Late Gothic style. Albrecht Dürer’s woodcut of circa 1496, Hercules Conquering the Molionide Twins, displays the artist’s unmatched genius in the medium of woodcut. The group also includes Dürer’s largest and most desirable engraving, St Eustace from 1501. The artist considered this important work to be something of a show-piece, for he presented or sold it on six occasions while he was in the Netherlands in 1521, two decades after its execution.

Highlights from the important Vanderbilt Wade collection.

Property from the Collection of Jeptha H. Wade and Emily Vanderbilt Wade

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Rembrandt’s Shell

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Dürer’s Apocalypse

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Head of Prints, Europe

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Director | Head of Sale

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Cataloguer | Prints & Multiples | London

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Sotheby is delighted to present our annual Old Master Prints sale, open for bidding from 29 November - 6 December. Led by an important group of prints from the collection of Jeptha H. Wade and Emily Vanderbilt Wade, including fine and early impressions of Martin Schongauer’s The Crucifixion with Four Angels and Albrecht Dürer’s Saint Eustace, the sale brings together a selection of graphic works by the European artists who revolutionised Western printmaking. Other highlights include a dramatic first state example of Rembrandt’s A Scholar in his Study ('Faust') and a fine impression of Rembrandt’s scarce still life, The Shell. A selection of prints from this sale will be on view in our New Bond Street galleries.