2 décembre 2017

Lot 187. Important Pair of 10.13 and 10.10 carats Diamond Earrings. Estimate $1,000,000 — 1,500,000. Courtesy Sotheby's. Composed of a line of round diamonds suspending square emerald-cut diamonds weighing 10.13 and 10.10 carats. Accompanied by two GIA reports: No. 2181469647 stating that the diamond weighing 10.13 carats is H color, VS1 clarity.No. 2181469636 stating that the diamond weighing 10.10 carats is H color, VS1 clarity. Sotheby's. Magnificent... [Lire la suite]

Lot 153. Rare 2.05 carats Internally Flawless Fancy Intense Blue Diamond and Diamond Ring. Estimate $1,000,000 — 1,500,000. Lot Sold 2,655,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Set with a pear-shaped Fancy Intense Blue diamond weighing 2.05 carats, framed by round and marquise-shaped diamonds, size 6. Accompanied by GIA report. no 2181676765 stating that the diamond is Fancy Intense Blue, Natural Color, Internally Flawless. Sotheby's. Magnificent Jewels New York, 05 déc.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 311. Diamond Ring, Harry Winston weighing 19.54 carats, D color, VVS2 clarity, internally flawless. Estimate $1,000,000 — 1,500,000. Lot Sold 1,815,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Featuring an emerald-cut diamond weighing 19.54 carats, highlighted with baguette and tapered baguette diamonds, size 7½, signed Winston.  Accompanied by GIA report no. 2183746736 dated September 20, 2017 stating that the diamond is D color, VVS2 clarity. Together with the original working diagram... [Lire la suite]

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), Salome receives the Head of John the Baptist, 1607-10. Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 106.7 cm. Bought, 1970, NG6389, The National Gallery, London. Photo credit: The National Gallery, London.

Diego Velázquez (1599–1660), An Old Woman Cooking Eggs, 1618, oil on canvas, 100.5 x 119.5 cm, purchased with the assistance of the Art Fund and a Treasury Grant, 1955, NG 2180, National Galleries of Scotland, Scottish National Gallery. Photo credit: National Galleries of Scotland.

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), Boy bitten by a Lizard, 1595-1600. Oil on canvas, 66 x 49.5 cm. Bought with the aid of a contribution from the J. Paul Getty Jr Endowment Fund, 1986, NG6504, The National Gallery, London. Photo credit: The National Gallery, London. 

Giovanni Battista Caracciolo (1578–1635), The Sacrifice of Abraham, 17th century, oil on canvas, 208.4 x 154 cm, gift from John Robertson, 1886, 45-1912, Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council). Photo credit: Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council).

Orazio Borgianni (c.1578–1616), Saint Christopher Carrying the Infant Christ, c.1615, oil on canvas, 104 x 78 cm, presented to the Royal Scottish Academy by Sir John Watson Gordon, 1850, transferred to the National Gallery of Scotland, 1910, NG 48, National Galleries of Scotland, Scottish National Gallery. Photo credit: National Galleries of Scotland.

Bernardo Strozzi (1581–1644), Saint John the Baptist Interrogated about Christ, c.1618/1620, oil on canvas, 110 x 115 cm, acquired with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, 1987, 108873, National Trust, Kedleston Hall and Eastern Museum. Photo credit: National Trust Images.

Dirck van Baburen (c.1595–1624), Roman Charity, Cimon and Pero, 1618–1624, oil on canvas, 127.6 x 151.1 cm, presented by F. D. Lycett Green through the National Art Collections Fund, 1955, YORAG : 788, York Museums Trust. Photo credit: York Museums Trust