Christie's New York El Greco Withdrawn?

February 4 2025

Image of Christie's New York El Greco Withdrawn?

Picture: newsweek.ro / Christie's

Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

It's very sad news to see that the upcoming Saint Sebastian by El Greco has disappeared from the Christie's website, suggesting that the picture may have been withdrawn from their upcoming New York sale. There had been growing numbers of articles from the Romanian press regarding its provenance and how exactly the picture came to leave the Romanian royal collection. Although many of the press articles had claimed that the Romanian government had succeeded with placing some sort of block on the sale, the painting had continued to be on the auction house's website for some days. More news as and when it breaks.


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