The top lot of the Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours Evening Sale in London on 6 July was A Commander being armed for Battle, which achieved £9,001,250 – the second highest price at auction for a work by Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). This highly important portrait was one of two star lots offered from the Spencer Collections and sold by order of the Trustees. Depicting a powerful moment of implacable moral determination, it is masterfully presented by the artist in the most forthright and technically accomplished manner. (RT: 1:33)
7 July 2010Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours Evening
6 Jul 2010 London, King Street.
Portrait of a commander, three-quarter-length, being dressed for battle
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