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Rome’s first 17th century
maestro of the flower-piece, Mario Nuzzi, called ‘Mario dei Fiori’, and his
followers performed very well last year, starting with an exceptionally fragrant
result from an attributed pair, Still Lives of Flowers in terracotta vases
in Landscapes which sold at Christie’s, New York on the 26th
of January 2001 well above the estimated value.
(Alex Kearney)
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| Line graph of sale prices for Mario Nuzzi from 1990 to 2001: the blue line indicates the actual prices, the red line corresponds to the deflated values.
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The market for France’s greatest 17th century still-life artist (Paris, 1610–1696) was sustained by just one painting last year - and that a mere panel fragment by an anonymous follower. Yet this simple Still Life of Apples and Peaches on a Silver Dish comfortably passed expectations when it appeared at Bonham’s, Knightsbridge, in London on the 12th of December 2001.
(Alex Kearney)
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| Circle of Louise Moillon,
Still Life of Apples and Peaches on a Silver Dish |
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The first major traveling exhibition of the paintings by Orazio Gentileschi (Pisa, 1563 – London, 1639) and his daughter Artemisia (Rome, 1593 – Naples, 1653) is being keenly watched by auction houses and collectors. The show, which opened at Palazzo Venezia in Rome last October, will go on to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (March-May 2002) and then to the St. Louis Museum of Art, (June-Sept 2002).
(Alex Kearney)
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| Orazio Gentileschi,
The Holy Family with the Infant St John the Baptist in a Landscape |
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Nicholas Poussin’s The Holy Family with St John the Baptist, a painting apparently lost for 200 years, was sold for $ 1.5 million (€ 1.6 million) at Galerie Koller, Geneva on the 5th of October, 2001. The detection of this "lost" Poussin ensured great interest in the painting and undoubtedly helped it beat its estimate.
(Fiona Long)
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| Nicholas Poussin,
The Holy Family with St John the Baptist |
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The Wallraf-Richartz-Museum in Cologne, consisting of 3000 paintings, is one of the oldest collections of paintings in Germany. Since the death of the founder, Ferdinand Franz Wallraf in 1824, it has continuously expanded: now it includes a large collection of Old Masters and Impressionist paintings. It has also gained important funding from some of Germany’s leading firms.
(Verena Harzer)
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| Stefan Lochner,
Madonna and Child in a rose garden (hortus conclusus) |
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Veronese (1528-1588) was, with Titian and Tintoretto, one of
the great trio of Venetian 16th century painters. His corpus consists
of over 300 paintings and some 150 drawings. A significant part of his output
rarely, if ever, comes up at auction, but when offered can make up to $ 2.7
million (€ 3.01 million).
(Alex Kearney)
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| Paolo Veronese,
Cupid disarmed by Venus |
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Significant increases and a rapid succession of premium prices have recently
characterized the market for Giuseppe Bernardino Bison’s work. Known only by
scholars until a few years ago, he has now become one of the most sought after
artists on the market.
(Angelica Poggi)
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| Giuseppe Bernardino Bison,
Arrival of the Bucintoro at Saint Nicolò in Lido |
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In September 1999, Tajan auctioneers, Paris sold a 65 x 87 cm oil on canvas of Tarquin and Lucretia. The painting had traditionally been attributed to Guido Reni. After it was shown to Erich Schleier, the painting was re-attributed to Bernardino Mei (a lesser known Siennese contemporary) and Tajan sold it for $ 53,690 against an estimate of $ 20,130-26,850.
(Andrew Moore)
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| Attributed to Bernardino Mei,
Tarquin and Lucretia |
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During the last ten years, the art market has shown an increasingly strong interest in Arabian paintings from the 19th Century, executed by European artists who specialised in middle eastern subjects.
(Luisa Vassallo)
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| Jean-Léon Gérôme
The Egyptian, Recruiting Officer |
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An exhibition of the work of Giovanni Lanfranco (1582-1647), is open until the 2nd of December at the Palazzo ducale di Colorno in Parma, Italy. Several of the works in this show have been bought on the market in the last decade, and the high prices indicate that his paintings are highly sought after.
(Angelica Poggi)
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| Giovanni Lanfranco,
The Flight into Egypt |
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