The monumental installations erected by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in public spaces around the globe left… Read More →
Pierre-Auguste Renoir Paysage à Cagnes, 1898 oil on canvas, 30 x 38 cm, estimate €220,000… Read More →
To mark Breguet’s 250th anniversary, an exceptional example of the famous French watchmaker’s art will… Read More →
Diamonds have fascinated us for thousands of years. They are celebrated as the hardest natural… Read More →
OBJECT OF THE DAY – Cartier Tank
The Cartier Tank: worn by Rudolph Valentino in "The Son of the Sheikh" and Audrey Hepburn in "How to…
ARTWRK OF THE DAY – Maria Theresian candlestick
This elegant candlestick is a classic Viennese silver object from around 1770, the time of Maria Theresa. As the…
ARTWORK OF THE DAY – South German Altarpiece
Christ on the Mount of Olives, Christ Carrying the Cross, The Crucifixion, The Lamentation: These four panels depicting scenes from the Passion of Christ originally formed part of a winged altarpiece from southern Germany. The panels,…
ARTWORK OF THE DAY – brilliant!
A diamond is everlasting! Not least because of its unique hardness: the hardness of a gemstone is defined by the so-called Mohs hardness scale. The scale for determining the scratch hardness was introduced…
ARTWORK OF THE DAY – Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein
Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein (born 1788) was a passionate portraitist. He painted more than 700 portraits, including Goethe at age 75, Friedrich von Amerling, Antonio Canova, Friedrich Overbeck, Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr…
ARTWORK OF THE DAY – Collier Ettore Sottsass
"If anything will save us, it's beauty." Ettore Sottsass’ credo of having to create things with beauty and sensuality was the star designer, architect and universal artist’s inspiration for his prominent and…
AD – THE MASTER’S MONOGRAM
Albrecht Dürer and his unrivalled copper engravings and woodcuts AD – almost everyone is familiar with the monogram of Albrecht Dürer, who may well be Germany’s most famous artist. Born son to…
Modern Art
Carla Accardi & Piero Dorazio: Art, Freedom, Innovation
Works of art from the Italian avant-garde have long been among the highlights of Dorotheum‘s Contemporary Art auctions. Two canvases by Carla Accardi and Piero Dorazio demonstrate the vitality and innovative power…
