Old Master and British Drawings
Old Master and British Drawings

Sale Overview

Together with an important newly discovered study by Michelangelo for the Sistine Chapel ceiling, the live sale of Old Master and British Drawings will feature works from the 16th to the 20th Centuries from the Italian, French, Northern, and British schools, including one of William Blake’s drawings for The Grave.

Among the highlights of the Italian school are a rare drawing by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, a powerful pen and ink study by Agostino Carracci and a selection of important Venetian drawings from a distinguished European collection. French drawings include the portraits of Marie Marecotte and Alexandre Legentil drawn by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres in 1846. Among the Northern drawings are an important landscape with a Ruined cottage overgrown with bushes by Rembrandt and a very rare double-sided sheet by his son Titus. The 19-century section features an impressive pair of gouaches by Gustave Doré that document the first ascent of Mount Matterhorn in 1865. Highlights among the British drawings are a previously unseen 1805 watercolor by John Sell Cotman and a charming pair of Thomas Rowlandson watercolors.

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05 Feb 12:00 PM (EST)

Newly discovered Michelangelo

A very rare, newly discovered Michelangelo study for the Sistine Chapel ceiling

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Our specialist’s selection

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Giada Damen, Ph.D.

Giada Damen, Ph.D.

AVP, Specialist, Head of Sale | Old Master Drawings

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).
Annabel Kishor

Annabel Kishor

Specialist | British Drawings & Watercolours

Having completed a BA in History of Art at University College London, and an MA in 18th Century British and French Drawings at the Courtauld Institute of Art, Annabel worked in the Prints and Drawings department at the British Museum, and at another major auction house. She has been working in the British Drawings department at Christie’s since 2015, working on both the Early British and Victorian sales. She has also been involved in single-owner collection sales including Stunners and The Collection of William Drummond, and was Head of Sale for The Astor Collection from Tillypronie, Aberdeenshire.

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