Treasures from the Collection of Baron and Baronne Bertrand de Giey

J.M.W. Turner’s first oil painting ever exhibited

The ‘Lost’ Landscape

 Gentileschi’s David with the head of Goliath

Collecting Passions–Old Master Paintings from an Important Private Collection

Reuniting two 17th-century self-portraits

A Working Friendship

Albrecht Dürer’s Melencolia I

London

Head of Department, Old Master Paintings

Elisabeth Lobkowicz

Chairman Emeritus, Sotheby’s UK and Old Masters, Worldwide

Alexander Bell

Deputy Chairman, Sotheby's Europe &amp; Co-Chairman Old Masters Worldwide

George Gordon

Senior Specialist, British Paintings

Julian Gascoigne

Global Head of Private Sales, Old Masters Paintings

Chloe  Stead

Specialist, Head of Day Sale

Giorgio Bowler

Cataloguer and Head of Mid-Season Sales

Alice Da Costa 

Cataloguer

Sophie Hetherton

Head of Sale

Charlotte North

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This July’s Old Master &amp; 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction presents a remarkable selection of artworks spanning from the 14th to the late 19th centuries. Leading the sale are two extraordinary paintings by renowned 17th-century female artists: a signed and dated David with the head of Goliath by Artemisia Gentileschi that is monumental in scale and imposing in presence, as well as an intricately detailed still life by Clara Peeters that features a presumed self-portrait of the artist herself. Additional highlights include a rare 14th-century Byzantine Icon of the Hodegetria Mother of God, a small yet striking late 15th-century Burgundian portrait, contemporary self-portraits by the Dutch artists Dirck van Baburen and David de Haen, painted during their time in Rome, and a jewel-like genre scene by Godefridus Schalcken. Also featured are a beautiful early interior by Vilhelm Hammershøi and a luminous unlined maritime scene by Ivan Aivazovsky. A wonderful selection of early 17th-century Northern paintings from the Collection of Baron and Baronne Bertrand de Giey will also be showcased as part of our offering this sale season.

Old Master and 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction