Rothchild Masterpieces Soar at Christie's
October 13 2023
Picture: Christie's
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The recent series of Rothchild sales at Christie's New York appear to have gotten off to a rather good start. Wednesday's Rothchild Masterpieces sale, which contained a wide selection of fine furniture, ceramics and paintings, realised over $43m (inc. commission). The Old Master Paintings within the sales overall did very well. A beautifully preserved Gerrit Dou (pictured), which had been stolen by the Nazis and later restituted to the family, made $7,068,000 (inc. commission) over its $3 - 5m estimate. Likewise, a very curious and rare set of Dutch seventeenth century painted leather panels, measuring nearly 17 metres wide, realised $4,406,000 over its $1 - 2m estimate. Paintings as big as these usually tend to attract significant cultural institutions and individuals with enough space to exhibit them, so, it's very impressive that at least two bidders wanted them enough to push the price this high.
