Old Master Drawings

Contact

• London

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    Jonathan den Otter

    Associate Specialist

    Jonathan den Otter

    Associate Specialist

    jdenotter@christies.com+44 (0) 207 389 2736

    After graduating at Leiden University (BA, History of Art), Jonathan den Otter received his MA from the VU University, Amsterdam in 2013 (History of Art: Art, Market & Connoisseurship). In 2014 Jonathan joined the Prints department at Christie’s in London as a Graduate Intern and later that year moved to the Old Master Drawings department as a Cataloguer. The first major sale Jonathan worked on in this capacity was the I.Q. van Regteren Altena sale, comprising of four auctions and including many artist records, among them Hendrick Goltzius’ The artist’s right hand (£2,658,500) and Sir Peter Paul Rubens’ Samson and Delilah (£3,218,500). Later successes Jonathan has worked on include the sale of several drawings from Harewood, including Giovanni Battista Tiepolo’s Head of a boy (£542,500), and the Brian Sewell: Critic & Collector sale, which included many outstanding results such as Daniele da Volterra’s Dido reclining, which sold for £797,000, and Baldassare Peruzzi’s Design for a bench which made £353,000.

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    Noël Annesley

    Senior Consultant

    Noël Annesley

    Senior Consultant

    nannesley@christies.com+44 (0)20 7389 2405

    Noël Annesley joined Christie’s in 1964. Fifty-four years later he is still working there, and in September 2016 he organised the sale at King Street of the collection of Brian Sewell, his first boss, who had left Christie’s in 1967 and gone on to become a celebrated journalist. Together they set up the department of Prints and Drawings. Over the years Noël has made some exciting discoveries. One of them, a magnificent drawing by the early 16th Century Venetian artist Sebastiano del Piombo, now belonging to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, was included in the exhibition ‘Michelangelo and Sebastiano’ at the National Gallery, London, earlier this year. It was in the Michelangelo drawings exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, November 2017-February 2018. Noël took his first auction in 1967, and over the years achieved record prices for Titian, Canaletto, Michelangelo and Raphael. He organised and conducted the celebrated sales of Old Master Drawings from Chatsworth in 1984 and 1987, and Old Master Prints in 1986. In 2007 he sold Turner’s famous watercolour ‘The Blue Rigi’ for £5.8 million. It is now in the Tate Gallery. He served as Deputy Chairman of Christie’s International plc from 1992-2000, and was a long serving Trustee of the Dulwich Picture Gallery, and a Governor of the Yehudi Menuhin School.

• New York

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    Giada Damen

    Associate Specialist, Head of Sale

    Giada Damen

    Associate Specialist, Head of Sale

    GDamen@christies.com+1 212 641 7532

    Prior to joining the Old Master Drawings Department in New York, Giada held curatorial positions at the Frick Collection, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Morgan Library & Museum, and the Princeton University Art Museum. A specialist of Italian art, and of Italian drawings in particular, she has widely published in scholarly journals, exhibition and collection catalogues, and in other publications. After moving to the United States from her native Italy, Giada earned a Ph.D. in art history from Princeton University in 2012. She has curated and co-curated several exhibitions in New York, including Pierre-Jean Mariette and the Art of Collecting Drawings at Morgan Library & Museum, New York (Winter 2016).

• Paris

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    Hélène Rihal

    Head of Sale

    Hélène Rihal

    Head of Sale

    hrihal@christies.com+33 (0)1 40 76 86 13

    Hélène Rihal joined Christie’s in 2004 after having graduated in History of Art. As an expert in 18th centuh French drawings, with a focus in the graphic artworks of Charles Parrocel, she joined the Old Master Paintings department before becoming Specialist in the Old Master Drawings department in 2006.
    
    With over 10 years of experience, Hélène was instrumental in some of the most remarkable sales at Christie’s Paris, including a private Ddawings collection from 1500–1900 in 2007 (€ 2,100,000) and Pierre Bergé & Yves Saint Laurent Sale in 2009. She led the remarkable drawings section in auctions such as the Trésors de la collection Veil Picard (€9,700,000). In 2015, she assisted in the sale of a study for the famous painting the Death of Socrate in the Old Master Drawings New York auction. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which owns the painting, acquired the drawing for US$593,000.
    
    She was involved in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts drawings exhibition in Paris, Une Dynastie de Peintres, les Parrocel (2008) and she also wrote several essays for the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Marseille exhibition catalogue, L’art et la manière. Dessins français du XVIIIe siècle (2018).
    
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    Hélène Rihal rejoint Christie’s en 2004 après avoir obtenu son diplôme en histoire de l’art. En tant qu'experte en dessins français du XVIIIe siècle, avec une spécialisation dans les œuvres graphiques de Charles Parrocel, elle intégre le département des Tableaux anciens avant de devenir spécialiste du département Dessins Anciens en 2006. Avec plus de 10 ans d'expérience, Hélène a joué un rôle important dans quelques-unes des ventes les plus remarquables de Christie's Paris, dont une collection privée de dessins : 1500-1900 en 2007 (2 100 000 euros) et la vente Pierre Bergé & Yves Saint Laurent en 2009. Elle a dirigé la section dessins dans des ventes aux enchères remarquables telles que les Trésors de la collection Veil Picard (9 700 000 euros). En 2015, elle participe à la vente d'une étude pour le célèbre tableau La mort de Socrate lors de la vente aux enchères Old Master Drawings à New York. Le Metropolitan Museum of Art, propriétaire du tableau, a acquis le dessin pour 593 000 $ US. Elle a participé à l'exposition de dessins de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris, Une Dynastie de Peintres, les Parrocel (2008) et elle a également écrit plusieurs essais pour le catalogue d'exposition du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Marseille, L'Art et la manière, Dessins français du XVIIIe siècle (2018).

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    Stijn Alsteens

    International Head of Department

    Stijn Alsteens

    International Head of Department

    salsteens@christies.com+33 (0) 1 40 76 83 59

    Prior to joining Christie’s in November 2016, Stijn was curator at the Frits Lugt Collection, Paris, and, since 2006, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He has published extensively, especially in the field of Netherlandish sixteenth- and seventeenth-century art, and has curated several exhibitions, including Van Dyck: The Anatomy of Portraiture at the Frick Collection, New York (Spring 2016). At the Metropolitan Museum, Stijn has been deeply involved in enriching the collection of Northern European drawings with works ranging from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Stijn Alsteens is responsible for Christie’s sales of Old Master Drawings since November 2016, working closely with specialists in salerooms worldwide.

• Amsterdam

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    Manja Rottink

    International Senior Specialist Old Master Paintings Director

    Manja Rottink

    International Senior Specialist Old Master Paintings Director

    mrottink@christies.com+31 (0)20 575 5283

    After receiving her degree at the University of Groningen with a monograph on the Dutch painter Jacob de Heusch (1656-1701), Manja continued her research at the Dutch institutes in Rome and Florence on Netherlandish artists in late 17th century Italy. Upon her return, she started her career with a major auction house in the beginning of 2002, joining Christie’s as an Old Master specialist three years later. Manja formerly headed the Old Masters & 19th Century Department and oversaw many sales, among which the most successful sale of an old master in Amsterdam with the Master of the Embroidered Foliage in 2012 (€1.4M). She was also instrumental in the sale of Jan Davidsz. de Heem’s flower still life in 2012 (£3M) and a maritime view by Willem van de Velde II in December 2014 (£2.2M). Manja is based in the Netherlands working internationally as senior specialist and is specialised in Dutch and Flemish old master paintings.