Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolors, Parts I & II

New York – Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Sale nos: 2415& 2511 – Combined Top Ten
[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]
Sold: $36,671,625 £23,209,889 €26,767,609
Lots Sold: 210 Lots Offered: 299 Sold by Lot: 70% Sold by $: 70%
Exchange Rate: £ = $1.58 / € = $1.37

Purchase
Lot Description Estimate ($)
Price Buyer

Luca Carlevarijs (1663-1730), View of the Molo, Venice, $4,002,500

3,500,000-
43 looking West, oil on canvas £2,533,227 Anonymous
4,500,000
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST €2,921,532
Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (1708-1787), Venus Caressing
$1,762,500
Cupid, oil on canvas 400,000-
42 £1,115,506 Anonymous
2ND HIGHEST PRICE AT AUCTION FOR THE 600,000
€1,286,496
ARTIST
Melchior d'Hondecoeter (1636-1695), A peacock, a peahen, $1,650,500
400,000-
25 a monkey and other birds on a terrace, oil on canvas £1,044,620 European Private
600,000
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST €1,204,744

$1,650,500
Jean Léon Gérôme (1824-1904), Master of the Hounds, oil 700,000-
56 £1,044,620 Anonymous
on canvas 1,000,000
€1,204,744
$1,538,500
Jean-François Millet (1814-1875), La fin de la journée; effect 800,000-
64 £973,734 Private
du soir, oil on canvas 1,200,000
€1,122,992
Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (1573-1621), Tulips,
$1,426,500
roses, a bluebell, Narcissus tortuosis, forget-me-nots, lily of the 800,000-
20 £902,848 Anonymous
valley and cyclamen in a flask, on a ledge with a caterpillar, 1,200,000
€1,041,240
butterfly and dragonfly, oil on copper
$1,370,500
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), Head of an old man, 500,000-
47 £867,405 Private
oil on canvas 700,000
€1,000,364

Joseph Wright of Derby, A.R.A (1734-1797), Portrait of $962,500

800,000-
35 Colonel Charles Heathcote (1730-1803), full-length, in the £609,177 Private
1,200,000
uniform of the 35th Foot, in a wooded landscape, oil on canvas €702,554

$962,500
John William Godward, R.B.A. (1861-1922), 700,000-
72 £609,177 European Private
At the Gate of the Temple, oil on canvas 1,000,000
€702,554

$902,500
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, O.M., R.A., R.W.S. (1836- 500,000-
73 £571,202 European Private
1912), An Oleander, oil on panel 700,000
€658,759
Nicholas Hall, International Co-Head, and Ben Hall, Head of Department, Old Master & 19th Century Art, comment: “Our
results illustrate the broadening appeal of this category, both in terms of buying interest and buyer geographies. There was great
diversity to the works that achieved top prices today – from Bosschaert’s jewel-like 17th century still life to Gerome’s stunning 19th
century Orientalist portrait, Master of the Hounds. Our buying audience proved to be equally diverse, with clients from South
America, Russia, and Asia bidding alongside buyers from Europe and the United States. Online buying proved more popular than
ever for this category, and we noted an online sale of Joseph Wright of Derby’s portrait for $962,500 – the second most expensive
painting ever sold via Christie's LIVE. Overall, buying remained selective in spots, but we are gratified by the strong prices achieved
for Luca Carlevarijs, Pompeo Batoni, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Edward Lear and Jean Léon Gérôme, which demonstrate the depth
and continued enthusiasm collectors have for this expanded category.”
Press Contact Erin McAndrew, 212 636 2680 emcandrew@christies.com
Date and Location of Next Sale 1 April 2011 - Paris