Raffael, Brueghel & Co. snagged at Vienna Dorotheum Auction
One of the top lots with an estimated value of 600,000 to 800,000 euros is a set of four paintings of the "Four Seasons" by two of the most influential Flemish painters, Joos de Momper and Jan Brueghel the Elder.
The seasons demonstrate the extraordinary collaboration of the two artists, according to the Dorotheum. While de Momper created the expansive and finely drawn landscape compositions, Brueghel completed the paintings with detailed depictions of figures and animals. The special feature: Only one other complete set of the seasons by these artists is known.
Vienna Dorotheum Auction: Also Head of a Young Man and Field Flowers in the Range
Also estimated at 600,000 to 800,000 euros is the late work "Diana and Callisto" by Luca Cambiaso from the 16th century, which was likely part of the legendary collection of Emperor Rudolf II in Prague and was unknown to art historians until recently. Already more affordable, though not exactly a bargain with an expected 120,000 to 180,000 euros, one can acquire a small head study of a young man by Raphael, measuring only 7 by 5.6 cm. The work, drawn in black ink on paper around 1507, once had a notable owner: It was part of the collection of the leading British portrait painter Thomas Lawrence. Dated to 1504 is the non-finito preliminary study "Salvator Mundi," created in Leonardo da Vinci's workshop by Fernando Llanos and possibly partly by the master himself. The depiction of Christ is expected to bring 100,000 to 150,000 euros.
Among the 19th-century paintings, Ivan Aivazovsky's "View of Constantinople by Moonlight" (circa 1860) enters the race as a top lot with an estimated value of 250,000 to 300,000 euros. From an Austrian perspective, a detailed field flower still life by the Impressionist Olga Wisinger-Florian (25,000 to 30,000 euros) or works by the Biedermeier painter Friedrich Gauermann are offered.
(APA/Red)
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