11 juillet 2008

Arnold Boonen (Dordrecht 1669-1729 Amsterdam) - A youth playing a violin by candlelight oil on canvas. 40 x 32cm (15 3/4 x 12 5/8in). Sold for £60,000 PROVENANCE: Acquired by the present owner, Christie's, Rome, 18th May, 1982, lot 119NOTE: Arnold Boonen was apprenticed in 1683 to the portrait and genre painter, Godfried Schalcken, working with him in Dordrecht for six years. Technically a highly accomplished artist he succeeded Nicolaes Maes as the most fashionable painter in Amsterdam. In his genre paintings, which are in... [Lire la suite]

Arnold Boonen (Dordrecht 1669-1729 Amsterdam) - A youth smoking a pipe by candlelight oil on canvas. 40 x 32cm (15 3/4 x 12 5/8in). Sold for £62,400 PROVENANCE: Acquired by the present owner, Christie's, Rome, 18th May, 1982, lot 122.  (Copyright © 2002-2008 Bonhams 1793 Ltd., Images and Text All Rights Reserved) Bonhams. Old Master Paintings, 9 Jul 2008. New Bond Street - www.bonhams.com

JAEGER LE COULTRE - Master Minute Repeater, Série Contemporaine et Limitée à 200 exemplaires Montre-bracelet avec répétition minutes en platine. Sonne les heures, les quarts et les minutes. Cadran argenté et ajouré laissant apparaître le mouvement. Indique les heures, les minutes ainsi que la réserve de marche de 15 jours et la tension du ressort. Mouvement mécanique. Fond transparent. Bracelet cuir avec boucle déployante en or gris JLC. Cadran, boîtier et mouvement signés. Numérotée 058 - 200. Écrin et certificat. DIAM. : 44... [Lire la suite]

Apollonio Domenichini, alternatively identified as Master of the Langmatt Foundation Views (active Venice circa 1740-176?)  - The Grand Canal, Venice, from the Rialto Bridge towards Palazzo Foscari oil on canvas. 57.1 x 85.2cm (22 1/2 x 33 9/16in).- Sold for £57,600 Note: The present painting may be compared to works emanating from a studio whose oeuvre has been traditionally grouped together under the title of the Master of the Langmatt Foundation Views. The eponymous works in the Langmatt Foundation, Baden,... [Lire la suite]

BULGARI. Bague ornée d'un saphir de 7;23 cts, émeraudes et diamants Ring mit einem zentralen Safir im Treppenschliff, 7,23 ct, Smaragden im Carréschliff, zus. 1,18 ct, und Brillanten und Diamanten im Baguetteschliff, zus. 1,69 ct. 18 kt Gelbgold. Ringweite 50. Signiert "BULGARI". Originalrechnung liegt vor - Estimation € 19.000 - 24.000 - Non adjugé Hampel. Bijoux. 5 juillet 2008 - www.hampel-auctions.com

CARTIER DIABOLO. RÉF. 2051 1. Série Spéciale pour le 150ème anniversaire. Montre-bracelet en platine avec tourbillon. Cadran ivoire guilloché avec chiffres romains et laissant apparaître la cage du tourbillon. Indique les heures, les minutes et la réserve de marche de 64 heures. Couronne et extrémités des cornes serties d'un saphir cabochon. Fond transparent. Mouvement automatique entièrement ciselé (rotor repercé des deux "C" entrelacés de la maison Cartier), Cal. Cartier 102. Bracelet cuir avec boucle déployante en... [Lire la suite]

Bague ornée d'un saphir en cabochon de 39,76 cts, saphirs et diamants Ring mit zentralem Safircabochon, 39,76 ct, Safircarrés, zus. 5,80 ct, und Brillanten, zus. 4,95 ct. 18 kt Weißgold, ca. 26 gr. Ringweite 53/54. Adjugé € 16.000 Hampel. Bijoux. 5 juillet 2008 - www.hampel-auctions.com

Simon Pietersz. Verelst (The Hague 1644-?1721 London) - Roses, chrysanthemums, morning glory and other flowers in a glass vase with a butterfly oil on cavas 21 5/8 x 17½ in. (54.9 x 44.5 cm.) - Price Realized: £11,875 ($23,501) Note: Verelst was the leading flower painter of his generation active in England, where he settled in 1669. Few of his still lifes are signed and even fewer dated. In the same year as Verelst's arrival in London, Samuel Pepys noted in his diary that on 11 April 'one Everest [sic] ... took us to his... [Lire la suite]

Van Cleef & Arpels. Boucles d'oreilles sertis mystérieux en saphirs et diamants Ohrclipse mit zwei Brillanten, zus. ca. 1,50 ct, und Safiren im Carré- und Dreiecksschliff, zus. ca. 14 ct. Platin und 18 kt Weißgold. Französische Garantiepunzen. Maße: ca. 3 x 3 cm. Signiert "Van Cleef & Arpels". Adjugé € 40.000 Hampel. Bijoux. 5 juillet 2008 - www.hampel-auctions.com

Antonio Gonzalez Velázquez (Madrid 1723-1793) - The Pentecost: a bozzetto oil on canvas - 19 x 15 1/8 in. (48.3 x 38.4 cm.) - Price Realized: £10,625 ($21,027) Note: Antonio Gonzalez Velázquez earned a reputation as one of the most talented Spanish painters of his generation. In 1746 he was awarded a grant from the committee of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando to study the Old Masters in Rome, and was appointed to the workshop of Corrado Giaquinto. On the request of the Minister Carvajal y Lancaster, Velázquez... [Lire la suite]