Lucas Cranach the Elder, Portrait of A Man With a Spotted Fur Collar. Sold For £2,410,000
In 2018 Sotheby's Old Master Paintings department led the market, selling a higher value of Old Masters at auction than any competitor for the seventh time in the last ten years.
Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Portrait Of Charles II (1630–1685) When Prince of Wales. Sold for £2,620,000
In 2018 Sotheby’s sold 31 Old Master paintings for more than £1m ($1.5m), over 50% more than our nearest competitor.
South Netherlandish School, Possibly Tournai, circa 1418-25. Sold for £2,650,000
Four Panels Depicting Episodes From The Life Of The Virgin The Miracle Of The Blossoming Rod St Jerome (Verso); The Marriage Of The Virgin St Ambrose (Verso); The Death Of The Virgin St Gregory (Verso); The Assumption Of The Virgin.
Hans Baldung, called Grien, The Holy Family with Five Angels. Sold for £2,860,000
Sotheby’s has always achieved extraordinary results for single-owner collections, consistently outperforming expectations. The two highest profile single-owner sales of 2018, Old Masters from the Van Dedem Collection and The Otto Naumann sale , both broke new ground by more than doubling pre-sale estimates.
Sotheby’s dominated the market across its London, Paris and New York selling locations, achieving a higher value of sales in each city than any other auction house.
Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Portrait Of A Venetian Nobleman. Sold for £5,416,400
Sotheby’s Old Masters team is constantly breaking new ground in the ways we both promote and sell Old Masters. In 2018 we collaborated with Victoria Beckham in what would become one of the most successful marketing campaigns of the year across the whole art market, and we launched the largest ever selling exhibition of Old Masters in Asia with enormous success, selling sixteen Old Masters for prices up to $2.5m.
2018 was a stellar year for Sotheby's Old Master Paintings department, which saw myriad important works brought to auction, including several which have not been seen on the market for hundreds of years. Click the image above to view the slideshow.