22 novembre 2022

Madame Sarah Rafferty portant le collier orné d’une exceptionnelle émeraude colombienne de 12.284 carats. Estimation 200 000-250 000 €. © Christie’s Images Limited 2022 PARIS - Du 5 au 15 décembre, le département Bijoux de Christie’s France proposera en ligne plus de 290 lots rivalisant de finesse, de savoir-faire et d’histoire, avec des estimations allant de 1000 à 400 000 €. Seront mises en lumière de très belles pièces du XIXe siècle, une sélection de pièces vintage et contemporaines signées par les plus grands noms de... [Lire la suite]

Lot 14. Important set of four tapestries of the series 'Bacchanalia' probably woven for Cardinal Mazarin, offered as diplomatic gift on request of Louis XIV to Don Luis de Haro, Marquis de Carpio, First Minister of the King of Spain, for the conclusion of the Treaty of the Pyrénées, probably Manufacture du Louvre, Workshop of Pierre and Jean Lefèvre, circa 1648-1659, Probably based on designs by Giulio Romano and/or Bartolomeo Guetti. Woven in wool, silk, gold and silver thread, later mounted on red velvet panels and framed; (the... [Lire la suite]

Leonardo da Vinci, Grotesque Head of an Old Woman, 1489/1490. Pen and brown ink on laid paper; laid down, overall: 6.4 x 5.1 cm (2 1/2 x 2 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington. Gift of Dian Woodner 2022.84.1. WASHINGTON, DC.- Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) frequently recorded his ideas and observations in notes and sketches, regardless of subject matter. More of Leonardo’s drawings have survived than those by any other artist of the Italian Renaissance. Dian Woodner, who has donated many works over the years to... [Lire la suite]