9 septembre 2022

Lot 1018. Silver gilt columbine cup, Augsburg, ca. 1650. Maker's mark Theodor Riederer. H 16.5 cm, 160 g. Estimate CHF 2 000 / 4 000 | (€ 2 000 / 4 000). © Koller Round foot, with knopped decoration all-around. Cuppa with knopped wall on an engraved and punched base.  The lip of the rim features a punched mark of the coat of arms of the Sion family von Riedmatten (cloverleaf and stars under a bishop's hat). A number of bishops came from this family. It is conceivable that the columbine cup on offer... [Lire la suite]

STOCKHOLM.- Nationalmuseum has acquired pastel portraits by Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Henry-Pierre Danloux and Joseph Boze, three artists active during the golden age of pastel in 18th-century France. In recent years Nationalmuseum has acquired several works exemplifying this major trend in 18th-century European painting, and as a result the museum now has one of the world’s foremost collections of pastels.Developed in the 16th and 17th centuries, the pastel technique was originally used exclusively for preliminary... [Lire la suite]

Tōshūsai Sharaku (active 1794-95), Arashi Ryūzō II as Ishibe Kinkichi, 1794, color woodblock print, with mica ground: ōban tate-e. Courtesy of Sebastian Izzard Asian Art. NEW YORK, NY.- Asia Week New York announced that Autumn 2022, will run from September 14 to 23 with online and in-person exhibitions–including works from twenty-one international Asian art galleries and six auction houses–Bonhams, Christie’s, Doyle, Heritage, iGavel, and Sotheby’s. Thirteen of the galleries are simultaneously opening their doors to... [Lire la suite]