19 novembre 2008

Lot 432. Property of a British noble family. Magnificent and Extremely Rare natural pearl, emerald and diamond necklace. Estimate 1,500,000—3,000,000 CHF. Lot sold 1,594,500 CHF. Photo Sotheby's Composed of forty-one pearls measuring from approximately 8.5 to 14.7 mm, to a clasp set with a circular-cut emerald within a border of single-cut diamonds, length approximately 480mm.  Accompanied by The Gem Testing Laboratory of Great Britain report no. 0128268 stating that the pearls are all natural and by SSEF... [Lire la suite]

Willem van Aelst (1625/26 Delft - 1683 Amsterdam) - 18th C. Copy after. Still life with slain poultry. Oil on canvas. Relined. 86,5 x 68cm. Framed. Estimation : 2 500 € Vente du Vendredi 21 novembre 2008. Peintures et Sculptures Anciennes et du XIXe Siècle. Van Ham - Cologne - Allemagne

Hieronymus II Francken (Antwerp 1578 - 1623) - attributed. Belshazzar's feast. Inscription top right in the centre: MANETETEL FARES Oil on wood. 48,5 x 64,2cm. Framed. Verso: Original limewater colour as well as the old handwritten gummed label. Hier indicated as Frans Francken II. Estimation : 11 000 € Vente du Vendredi 21 novembre 2008. Peintures et Sculptures Anciennes et du XIXe Siècle. Van Ham - Cologne - Allemagne

Gaudenzio Ferrari (1477/78 Valduggia - 1546 Mailand )- Attributed to. Sacra Conversazione. The Holy Family with Zachary, Elisabeth and the boy John. Oil on wood. Laid down on a new plate. 131 x 108cm. Old historical frame in rennaissance style. Estimation : 82 000 € Vente du Vendredi 21 novembre 2008. Peintures et Sculptures Anciennes et du XIXe Siècle. Van Ham - Cologne - Allemagne

Extremely Fine and Very Impressive Pearl and diamond necklace Composed of nine rows of graduated pearls measuring from 3.4 to 11.8 mm, to a graduated rectangular clasp set with cushion-shaped and brilliant-cut diamonds, mounted in white gold, length from approximately 645mm to 1060mm, each row detaches from the clasp to be worn on its own, Estimate 1,010,000—1,450,000 CHF - Lot sold 1,142,500 CHF Accompanied by nine SSEF reports nos. 43159 to 43167, dated July 2004, each respectively stating that the pearls are natural. ... [Lire la suite]

Important 11.14 carats Diamond ring Claw-set with a marquise-shaped diamond weighing 11.14 carats, on a plain platinum mount, size 53, Estimate 870,000—1,200,000 CHF - Unsold. Accompanied by GIA report no. 10167384 stating that the diamond is D Colour, Internally Flawless. Sotheby's. Magnificent Jewels. 19 Nov 08. Geneva. Photo courtesy Sotheby's. www.sothebys.com

Magnificent and Exceptionally Rare Fancy Deep Blue 10.48 carats diamond The fancy deep blue briolette diamond weighing 10.48 carats. Accompanied a duplicate of GIA report no. 11736022 stating that the diamond is Fancy Deep Blue, Natural Colour, Flawless. Estimate 6,720,000—10,000,000 CHF - Unsold. NOTE: By definition, a precious gemstone must be beautiful, rare and durable. These criteria are more than fulfilled by the exceptional diamond shown here: a magnificent Fancy Deep Blue. Diamonds are found in a variety of... [Lire la suite]

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1472 Kronach - 1553 Weimar - Workshop. Lucretia. (comp. Lucretia in the Museum Nischni Nowgorod in Russia). Signed and dated top right: With snake and the dating 1548. Below right inscribed with the stock-no.: 351. Oil on wood. Parquetted. 77,3 x 53cm.Provenance: Electoral collection in Dresden before 1728 (today Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden)(Inventory of the collection between 1722 and 1728).Carl Heinrich von Heineken (presumably after 1740).Notes: In September 2008 the painting was examined in... [Lire la suite]

Joos van Cleve, ca. 1485 Kleve - 1541 Antwerpen - Workshop. Christ and baby John, embracing. Oil on Oak. 25,4 x 25,1cm. Framed. Verso: Old handwritten gummed label. Estimation : 100 000 €Provenance:- Collection Ferdinand von Hompesch, the last great master of the Maltese order of knighthood.;- Gift to Duke Raczinsky, Russia, presumably ca. 1797-98;- Collection François de Labensky, Director of the Imperial Hermitage, St. Petersburg (up to 1843);- Inherited by his nephew, Camille de Labensky (up to 1871);- Inherited by his... [Lire la suite]

Camillo de Vito, Naples, Activ in the 18th/19th C. Interno del Vesuvio de 10 Novembre 1830. Inner Vesuv. Signed bottom left: Camillo de Vito. Gouache on paper. Mounted: Laid down on canvas. Estimation : 2 000 € The gouache painter De Vito was occupied intensively with the volcanoe. His moody night pictures has a high collector's value.Literature: T.Santangelo, in: Gouaches napoletane del Settecento e dell'Ottocento (K), N. 1985, p.222. Vente du Vendredi 21 novembre 2008. Peintures et Sculptures Anciennes et du XIXe... [Lire la suite]