Sotheby's London December Sale
November 9 2024
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Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
Sotheby's London have just published their upcoming Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Sale online. The auction will take place on 4th December 2024.
The top lots of this year's sale are 3 Italian Renaissance and baroque pictures. Amongst the highlights are Rosso Fiorentino's Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist (pictured), a painting that was in Catherine the Great's collection until the state sales of the fledgling Soviet Union, which carries an estimate of £2m - £3m. Alongside this is a Botticelli from the Lloyd Collection, depicting the Virgin and Child Enthroned, which likewise carries an estimate of £2m - £3m (here's an article on the picture by The Times). The trio is topped off with a Magdalen in Meditation by Artemisia Gentileschi, also at £2m - £3m. Amongst the other top lots are works by George Stubbs, Osman Hamdy Bey and Eugène Delacroix.
