• Auction 19995

    Modern Medici: Masterpieces from a New York Collection

    27 January 2023, New York

    SALE TOTAL: 9,594,840 (USD)
24 Lots for Sale 19995
Lot 201
FRANS FRANCKEN II (ANTWERP 1581-1642)
Death and the Miser
oil on panel, the reverse with the panel maker’s mark of François de Bont (active Antwerp, 1637-1644)
8 7/8 x 6 ¾ in. (22.6 x 17 cm.)
estimate
$150,000 - $250,000

price realized
$157,500
Lot 202
NICOLAES VAN VEERENDAEL (ANTWERP 1640-1691)
A tulip, roses, iris and other flowers in a glass vase on a stone plinth
oil on panel
15 x 11 in. (38 x 28 cm.)
estimate
$200,000 - $300,000

price realized
$233,100
Lot 203
DAVID TENIERS II (ANTWERP 1610-1690 BRUSSELS)
An elderly man with spectacles reading a letter - Allegory of Sight(?)
oil on panel
7 x 5 in. (17.8 x 12.6 cm.)
estimate
$150,000 - $250,000

price realized
$239,400
Lot 204
A TERRACOTTA MODEL OF THE DWARF BRACCIO DA POGGIO FORNIONE,...
GIAMBOLOGNA (1529-1608), FLORENCE, CIRCA 1570-1580
4 ¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high
estimate
$200,000 - $300,000

price realized
$239,400
Lot 205
LUCAS CRANACH I (KRONACH 1472-1553 WEIMAR)
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length
oil on panel
5 ¾ x 5 5/8 in. (14.6 x 14.4 cm.)
estimate
$700,000 - $900,000

price realized
$945,000
Lot 206
CORRADO GIAQUINTO (MOLFETTA 1703-1766 NAPLES)
The Holy Trinity with an archangel freeing enslaved people, a bozzetto
oil on copper, shaped top
19 x 9 ¾ in. (48.4 x 24.8 cm.)
estimate
$100,000 - $150,000

price realized
$226,800
Lot 207
A BRONZE FIGURE OF A SEATED NUDE WOMAN BRAIDING HER HAIR
BARTHÉLEMY PRIEUR (C. 1536-1611), CIRCA 1600-1610
7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm.) high
estimate
$400,000 - $500,000

price realized
$403,200
Lot 208
DAVID TENIERS II (ANTWERP 1610-1690 BRUSSELS)
Allegory of Spring
oil on panel
8 ¼ x 12 in. (21 x 30.5 cm.)
estimate
$60,000 - $80,000

price realized
$107,100
Lot 209
DAVID TENIERS II (ANTWERP 1610-1690 BRUSSELS)
Allegory of Winter
oil on panel
8 ¼ x 12 in. (21 x 30. 5 cm.)
estimate
$60,000 - $80,000

price realized
$94,500
Lot 210
A BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ÉCORCHÉ MAN
CAST FROM A MODEL BY WILLEM DANIELSZ. VAN TETRODE (C. 1525-1580), LATE 16TH /
17 in. (43.2 cm.) high, the figure
20 in. (50.8 cm.) high, with base
estimate
$800,000 - $1,200,000

price realized
$1,500,000
Lot 211
JAN BRUEGHEL I (BRUSSELS 1568-1625 ANTWERP)
A wooded river landscape with hunters
oil on copper, stamped on the reverse with the maker’s mark of Pieter Stas (active Antwerp, c. 1587-1610)
5 x 7 in. (12.6 x 17.9 cm.)
estimate
$120,000 - $180,000

price realized
$478,800
Lot 212
DAVID TENIERS II (ANTWERP 1610-1690 BRUSSELS)
A landscape with lightning
oil on panel
6 ½ x 11 ¼ in. (16.5 x 28.5 cm.)
estimate
$70,000 - $100,000

price realized
$81,900
Lot 214
PIETER CLAESZ (BERCHEM 1597/8-1660/1 HAARLEM)
An overturned silver tazza, a partly peeled lemon and an olive on a silver...
oil on panel
15 5/8 x 22 in. (39.8 x 56 cm.)
estimate
$800,000 - $1,200,000

price realized
$819,000
Lot 215
A MAGNIFICENT ITALIAN ORMOLU, WHITE MARBLE AND SEMI-PRECIOUS...
THE MARBLE TOP ATTRIBUTED TO GIACOMO RAFFAELLI, ROME OR MILAN, CIRCA 1800-1810,
33. 3/4 in. (86 cm.) high, 30 ¼ in. (77 cm.) wide, 23 in. (58.5 cm.) deep
estimate
$1,200,000 - $1,800,000

price realized
$1,500,000
Lot 216
THE CESARINI VENUS
ATTRIBUTED TO ANTONIO SUSINI (1558-1624), FROM A MODEL BY GIAMBOLOGNA
9 ¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high
14 in. (35.5 cm.) high, overall
estimate
$1,000,000 - $1,500,000

price realized
$1,045,800
Lot 217
GIOVANNI BATTISTA NALDINI (FIESOLE C. 1537-1591 FLORENCE)
Christ Carrying the Cross
oil on copper, tondo
5 ½ in. (14 cm.), diameter
estimate
$40,000 - $60,000

price realized
$52,920
Lot 218
A BRONZE GROUP OF APOLLO FLAYING MARSYAS
GIOVANNI BATTISTA FOGGINI (1652-1725), FLORENCE, CIRCA 1691-1700
23 ½ in. (59.8 cm) high
estimate
$800,000 - $1,000,000

price realized
$882,000
Lot 219
CORNELIS SAFTLEVEN (GORINCHEM 1607-1681 ROTTERDAM)
The Temptation of Saint Anthony
oil on panel
16 ¼ x 20 ½ in. (41.5 x 52 cm.)
estimate
$60,000 - $80,000

price realized
$75,600
Lot 220
BARTHOLOMEUS BREENBERGH (DEVENTER 1598-1657 AMSTERDAM)
Allegory of Vanity
oil on panel
14 1/8 x 18 ¼ in. (36 x 46.5 cm.)
estimate
$70,000 - $100,000

price realized
$69,300
Lot 221
A BRONZE GROUP OF THE LAOCOÖN
ITALIAN, POSSIBLY ROMAN, AFTER THE ANTIQUE, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY
20 ¼ in. (51.4 cm.) high
22 ¼ in. (56.5 cm.) high overall
estimate
$400,000 - $600,000

price realized
$226,800
Lot 222
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONIZED AND BOULLE BRASS AND PEWTER-INLAID...
AFTER A MODEL BY PIERRE-ETIENNE LEVASSEUR OR LEVASSEUR THE YOUNGER, 20TH
40 in. (102 cm.) high, 32 ¼ in. (82 cm.) wide, 19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) deep
estimate
$50,000 - $100,000

price realized
$56,700
Lot 223
SALOMON DE BRAY (AMSTERDAM 1597-1666 HAARLEM)
Portrait of an elegant lady, bust-length, in a gown and black veil
oil on panel, circular
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) diameter
estimate
$80,000 - $120,000

price realized
$50,400
Lot 224
PHILIPS WOUWERMAN (HAARLEM 1619-1668)
A hunter saddling his horse and a shepherd family, an extensive landscape beyond
oil on panel
9 ½ x 12 7/8 in. (24.1 x 32.7 cm.)
estimate
$100,000 - $150,000

price realized
$81,900
Lot 225
JACOB BILTIUS (THE HAGUE 1633-1681 BERGEN OP ZOOM)
A trompe l’oeil with two quails, a kingfisher, a bird net and a whistle
oil on canvas
21 ¾ x 15 ¾ in. (55.4 x 40 cm.)
estimate
$50,000 - $70,000

price realized
$27,720
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