Auction Week October 2017: highlights

Auction Week October 2017

Old master paintings, 19th century paintings and antiques will return to Dorotheum from 17-19 October 2017.

One of the most remarkable paintings in the selection in the old master paintings auction on 17 October is doubtless one by the Florentine artist Felice Ficherelli. The work depicts Saint Praxedis, a young Roman patrician who protects the first Christian martyrs. The picture seems to have made such a deep impression on none other than the great painter Johannes Vermeer that he copied it and paid homage to Ficherelli in his signature by suffixing the latter’s nickname, ‘il Riposo’.

Auction Week October 2017 highlights

Auction Week October 2017: Simon Vouet, Portrait of a Gentleman with his dog — Simon Vouet (1590–1649), Portrait of a Gentleman with his dog, oil on canvas, 199.2 x 114.5 cm, € 200,000 – 300,000

Auction Week October 2017: Guido Cagnacci, The Penitent Magdalene — Guido Cagnacci (1601–1663), The Penitent Magdalene, oil on canvas, 54.5 x 65 cm, € 80,000 – 120,000

Auction Week October 2017: Felice Ficherelli, Saint Praxedis — Felice Ficherelli (1603–1660), Saint Praxedis, oil on canvas, 115 x 90 cm, € 150,000 – 200,000

Auction Week October 2017: Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (1762–1844), The Palazzo Ducale — Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (1762–1844), The Palazzo Ducale and the Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice, oil on canvas, 57.5 x 79.5 cm, € 100,000 – 150.000

Auction Week October 2017: Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, The Molo by the Biblioteca Marciana — Giuseppe Bernardino Bison (1762–1844), The Molo by the Biblioteca Marciana facing the entrance of the Canal Grande, Venice, oil on canvas, 57.5 x 79.5 cm, € 100,000 – 150,000

Auction Week October 2017: Sebastian Vrancx (1573–1647) attributed to, Carnival near the “Kipdorppoort Bastion” in Antwerp — Sebastian Vrancx (1573–1647) attributed to, A Carnival near the “Kipdorppoort Bastion” in Antwerp, oil on canvas, 60 x 88 cm, € 100,000 – 150,000

Cornelis van Cleve A Madonna and Child — Cornelis van Cleve (Antwerp 1520–1570); A Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, oil on panel, 117 x 84 cm, framed

Auction Week October 2017: Salomon van Ruysdael (1600/03–1670), A river estuary by a fort, oil on canvas, 67.3 x 88.8 cm, € 200,000 – 300,000 — Salomon van Ruysdael (1600/03–1670), A river estuary by a fort, oil on canvas, 67.3 x 88.8 cm, € 200,000 – 300,000

Auction Week October 2017: Giovanni Paolo Castelli, Allegory of Spring — Giovanni Paolo Castelli, Lo Spadino (1659 – c. 1730), Allegory of Spring, oil on canvas, 131 x 94 cm, € 80,000 – 120,000

Auction Week October 2017: Giovanni Paolo Castelli, Lo Spadino (1659 – c. 1730), Allegory of Fall — Giovanni Paolo Castelli, Lo Spadino (1659 – c. 1730), Allegory of Fall, oil on canvas, 131 x 94 cm, € 80,000 – 120,000

Auction Week October 2017: Giovanni Paolo Castelli, Lo Spadino (1659 – c. 1730), Allegory of Winter — Giovanni Paolo Castelli, Lo Spadino (1659 – c. 1730), Allegory of Winter, oil on canvas, 131 x 94 cm, € 80,000 – 120,000

Auction Week October 2017: Giovanni Paolo Castelli Allegory of Summer — Giovanni Paolo Castelli, Lo Spadino (1659 – c. 1730), Allegory of Summer, oil on canvas, 131 x 94 cm, € 80,000 – 120,000

Frans Francken II, Diana and her nymphs bathing — Frans Francken II (Antwerp 1581–1642); Diana and her nymphs bathing, with a stag hunt in the background, oil on copper, 50 x 66.5 cm, framed

Auction Week October 2017: Vittorio Matteo Corcos, Portrait of Diane de la Bouchère — Vittorio Matteo Corcos (1859–1933), Portrait of Diane de la Bouchère, 1903, oil on canvas, 225 x 148 cm, € 120,000 – 160,000

Auction Week October 2017: Nicolae Jon Grigorescu, The Spinner Woman — Nicolae Jon Grigorescu (1838–1907), The spinner woman, oil on canvas, 51 x 42 cm, € 90,000 – 110,000

Auction Week October 2017: Pierre Francois Eugene Giraud, Italian customs facilities — Pierre Francois Eugene Giraud (1806–1881), Italian customs facilities at Simplon Pass , 1880, oil on canvas, 140 x 197 cm, € 60,000 – 80,000

Auction Week October 2017: Franz Xaver Kosler, A Bedouin — Franz Xaver Kosler (1864–1905), A Bedouin, oil on panel, 36 x 20.5 cm, € 10,000 – 15,000

Auction Week October 2017: Rinaldo Giudici, The visit, — Rinaldo Giudici (Venice late 19th century), The visit, oil on canvas, 95 x 140 cm, € 80,000 – 120,000

Masterful

The painting in the upcoming auction that is attributed to Sebastian Vrancx, ‘A Carnival near the “Kipdorppoort Bastion” in Antwerp’, takes us north. The work gives the viewer a startlingly vivid sense of what festivals of this kind, which were celebrated across Europe during the 17th century, must have been like. Its depicts in the foreground a commedia dell’arte troop performing on the ice to the great interest of the crowd of attendants. The masked entertainers, dancers, musicians and orators who surround them all add to the sense of festiveness. Scenes of this kind were typical of the Antwerp region, where such public festivals were immensely popular.

The auction also boasts old master paintings by such established names as Jan van Goyen, Salomon van Ruysdael and Guido Cagnacci.

Auction Week October 2017 – auction folder

Fullscreen Mode

19th Century Paintings also on the programme

Dorotheum will also hold an auction of 19th century paintings on 19 October.

Superstars of Austrian, German and italian art history abound in the auction’s offerings, including the likes of Jakob Alt, Gauermann, Oswald Achenbach, Rinaldo Giudici and Vittorio Corcos.
A painting by Markus Pernhart of the summit of Großglockner Mountain is a literally ‘outstanding’ early example from the dawn of alpinism. The Carinthian landscape painter from the Biedermeier era braved inclement weather and rugged terrain to create breath-taking visual odes to his beloved homeland. Pernhart, who was influenced by Waldmüller, was drawn not only to untouched alpine landscapes, but was also known for his renderings of humankind’s shaping of the natural world.