Christie's New York Old Master Drawings
January 18 2024
Picture: Christie's
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
I forgot to mention that the upcoming Christie's New York Old Master Drawings sale has been published. One of the December highlights in London was Anthony Van Dyck's Portrait of Willem Hondius, a superbly executed and preserved drawing which has only recently remerged onto the market after being in a private collection for about 50 years or so. It will be offered with an estimate of $800,000 - $1,200,000, which is actually more than several of his fully autograph paintings have sold for.
Amongst the other interesting lots is this Portrait of the painter Higiemond by Joachim Sandrart (pictured), a quasi-mythical figure taken from the artist's history of painting representing an artist known as 'the Indian Higiemondo'. The catalogue note is a very interesting one, click on the link above to read in full.
