Georges de La Tour at Lempertz
December 3 2020
Video: Lempertz
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The German auction house Lempertz has released the following video highlighting a work by Georges de La Tour in an upcoming sale. A Girl Blowing on a Brazier will be featured in their Bischoff Collection sale on 8th December 2020 and will carry an estimate of €3m - €4m. Works by de La Tour rarely come onto the market, so we'll see how much this painting fetches! It's quite astounding that this painting last made £17,850 when it last came up for sale at Christie's in 1975.
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As a side note, and speaking as someone who is particularly sensitive to music, I wonder why on earth they picked Handel's Zadok the Priest to accompany this mysterious chiaroscuro scene? Considering how much wonderfully haunting and beautiful seventeenth century music there is out there, I find this very eighteenth century piece rather jarring.
Update - The painting made €3,600,000 (hammer price).
