Buy into the Old Masters trend: Add some Classic artworks to your home
08 July 2022 The major auction houses around the world have this week been focusing on Classic art: from antiquity and into the 20th century.
Still life of flowers in an ornamental urn – circle of Gerard van Spaendonck – £3000-4000 at Roseberys on July 19.
Traditionally Old Masters are defined as works by master painters working in Europe from before 1800. However, now Old Master auctions include works by British artists as well as some 19th century works.
Here is a selection of lots in the Old Masters and Classic genre coming up at auctions on thesaleroom.com.
Floral still life
Still life of flowers in an ornamental urn – circle of Gerard van Spaendonck – £3000-4000 at Roseberys on July 19.
This still life of flowers in an ornamental urn is believed to be by circle of Gerard van Spaendonck (in the auctioneer's opinion, a work by an unidentified artist working in the artist's style and during the period of the artist's life). It is offered with an estimate of £3000-4000 at Roseberys on July 19. The auction house believes it is closely related to a canvas held at Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire entitled 'Still Life with Flowers in an Urn and Two Parrots' which has been attributed to Jakob Bogdani (1658-1724) or Philip Reinagle (1749-1833).
Portrait
This portrait of Eleanor of Austria (by repute) had previously sold at Christie’s in 1914 and is by a follower of Spanish artist Alonso Sanchez Coello (1531-88). It is estimated at £2500-4000 at Tennants on July 16.
Alabaster figure
The Dying Gaul, this late 19th century carved alabaster figure, after the antique, is estimated at £200-300 on July 15 at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood.
Landscape
This John Varley (1778–1842) watercolour, a landscape titled to mount 'Beddgelert Bridge', had been purchased by the owner of the picture at Sotheby’s in 1993. It is offered with an estimate of £1500-2000 at Roger Jones on July 16.
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