2017 was another impressive year for Old Masters at Sotheby's, with saleroom successes on both sides of the Atlantic including a record-breaking result for Joseph Wright of Derby's arresting An Academy by Lamplight which sold for £7.3 million, more than...

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), The Taking of Christ, 1602. On indefinite loan to the National Gallery of Ireland from the Jesuit Community, Leeson St., Dublin, who acknowledge the kind generosity of the late Dr Marie Lea-Wilson . Photo...

Lot 23. Adam de Coster (Mechelen 1585/6 - 1643 Antwerpt), A young woman holding a distaff before a lit candle, oil on canvas, 52 3/4 by 37 3/8 in.; 134 by 94.9 cm. Estimate 1,500,000 — 2,000,000 USD . Photo: Sotheby's Provenance: Principe di Galati, Palermo,...