On Wednesday July 8 and Thursday 9 July in London at Sotheby's held an auction of paintings and drawings by old masters. At the auction will be exhibited rare works of old masters of France, Spain, Holland, Flanders, Italy and England. All bids can be purchased 48 lots, including works Daddah, Del Abbot, Metso, Gverchino, Surbarana, Guard, Fragonard and Goya. Overall estimeyt of 24 million pounds. Provenans works perfect, a large portion of products provided by private collections in which they were stored for years. One of the main lots upcoming auction of drawings by old masters will be considered as long-lost masterpiece by Jacques-Louis David, which was last exhibited in 1925 at an exhibition in Brussels.

traveling exhibition, which you can see lots of the best upcoming auction has already visited London and Madrid, and from 19 to 23 June, it can be seen in Paris.

Top-lots of Spanish masters

Top-fathomable paintings by old masters of Spain will be a ceremonial equestrian portrait «Don Manuel Godoy, Duke de Alkudiya» brush Francisco Jose de Goya-and-Lyusentes (1746-1828). Estimeyt work - 2,5-3,5 million pounds. Don Manuel Godoy, was one of the most influential public figures of Spain during the reign of King Carlos IV. Goya wrote his portrait at the top of his career, shortly after his appointment as court painter in 1786 and receiving the title of first painter to the king in 1794. Details Ordering little known, but an exact date of writing, painting - in 1794. Goya mentions this portrait in a letter to his childhood friend. Works by Goya rarely appears at auction, a portrait «Don Manuel Godoy, Duke de Alkudiya» is considered one of his best works.

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Another top lot is an auction - the picture of Francisco de Surbarana (1598-1664) - Portrait of Doctor parade Juan Martínez Serrano, a priest and professor of the University of Segovia. The portrait is in excellent condition, has confirmed provenans. He was absent on the art market for about 40 years. The portrait was discovered in 1969 by Jose Lopez-Reyem. Presumably, the picture was painted in 1630-ies. Her estimeyt of 0,8-1,2 million pounds.

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The third top-section fathomable Spanish masters will be the picture of Jorge Ingles (worked 1455-1485), depicting the struggle of St George with the serpent. Ingles, an Englishman by birth, lived and worked in the Spanish province of Castilla in the late XV century. The picture in perfect preservation, estimeyt 400-600 thousand pounds.

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Top-lots of French masters

In the French masters of the top lots are two portraits by Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806) with estimeytom of 2,5-3,5 million pounds. Cloth «Young woman decorating the hair with roses» and «The blonde with the garland of roses around his neck» - typical examples of fine art Fragonard, earned him the glory of one of the best painters rococo. Portraits dated to the beginning of 1770-ies and among the most vivid and fruitful period in the artist's works. Both portraits were unknown to the public exhibition in 2005 in New York. Now, they first put up for auction.

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Top-lots of Dutch and Flemish masters

Top-lead the section will be the picture of Peter Bruegel the Younger (1564-1637/8) «Childermas». This is one of the best copies of the famous song, created by his father, Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The painting is in excellent condition, estimeyt 2,5-3,5 million pounds. The original is kept in the collection of the Royal Collection at Hampton Court Palace. Number of copies created by Bruegel Junior, and the quality of his work indicates that he was well acquainted with the picture of his father.

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At the auction may be a portrait of the Antonis van Dyck (1599-1641), with estimeytom in 1-1,5 million pounds. In this portrait depicts a diplomat and courtier grandee Endimion Porter - a close friend of Van Dyck. «Portrait Endimiona Porter» long rented the Art Gallery of York, in early 2009, the picture was exhibited in the Tate Gallery in the exhibition «Van Dyck and Britain». The portrait was in a private collection in 1798 and never put up for auction.

Endimion and Van Dyke met during the visit of the artist in England in the years 1620-1621. The portrait was painted a few years later, in 1628, in Antwerp and became the first in a series of portraits Endimiona Porter created by Van Dyck. Van Dyke was able to create a subtle psychological portrait of his friend. A few years later he wrote a companion portrait, depicting himself and his friend, and now this work is in the collection of National Museum of the Prado in Madrid.

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Another auction lot - «A woman selling game in the store» Metso Gabriel (1629-1669), estimeyt 1,2-1,8 million pounds. The picture provided from the private collection Fermor-Hesket from estates in Easton Neston Nortgepmtonshire. This is one of the best artist ever put up for auction.

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Very interesting unique still life of Hadrian Korte (1660-1707), estimeyt 300-400 thousand pounds. The film only once exhibited at the artist's personal exhibition in 1958. To date, all 64 known works by Korte - one of the most original and outstanding artists, and their appearance at the auction - are rare ..

Top-lots of Italian masters

Top of section lots of Italian masters are rare canvas by Francesco Guardia (1712-1793), presented with estimeytom 0,8-1,2 million pounds, as well as painting «A view of Venice» Marieschi Michele (1710 -- 1743) with a preliminary estimate of 600-800 thousand pounds.

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Guards known as a painter of urban landscapes - are. However, he also turned to easel painting, as exemplified by an image «Ridotto with dancing and talking figures masked». The painting depicted Guards dazzling interior of the main hall ridotto Venetian palazzo Dandolo. Presumably the picture dates from 1750. Ridotto - gambling houses in Venice, the center of social life throughout the city. Here, start a love of intrigue and conspiracy plelis. All visitors ridotto wore masks concealing their faces, so the picture masks Guards crowd fills the hall. The artist has depicted ridotto in the days of his heyday, there were a few scenes.

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perfectly preserved picture Marieschi represents the type of the Grand Canal with the right bank and the Church of San Sta.

Another lot of this section will become a large-scale composition Nicolo Del Abbot (1509/12-1571) «Capture of Carthage: Gasdrubala convicts wife of her husband before Stsipionom». Estimeyt 0,8-1,2 million pounds. Express Del Abbot French period little has come to our own days, except for a few pictures. Collectors had the unique opportunity to acquire a picture of this period. Del Abbot has worked in France in 1552, the court of King Henry II and Fontainebleau.

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At the auction will be exhibited three panels Luca di Thomma (worked in Siena in 1356-1389). They were established around 1350 and exposed to estimeytom 400-600 thousand pounds. In panels showing St. Michael, St. Bernardo dei Hubert and St. John Gvalberto. Presumably, the panel ordered Guild fur traders to the Church of St. Michael in Siena, and initially they were a central part of the large poliptiha on the Madonna and Child. The church and the altar have not survived to our days, survived only three of these panels.

Two paintings by Bernardo Daddah (1290-1348), depicting John the Baptist and St. Francis are exposed to estimeytami 600-800 thousand pounds each. Work «Penitent Magdalene» painted by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called il Gverchino (1591-1666), previously estimated at 600-800 thousand pounds. «Penitent Magdalene» - one of five images of saints in the full-length, ordered by Cardinal Fabrizio Savello from Bologna in 1649. Savello was appointed papal legacies in Bologna in September 1648.

Top-lots of British Masters

Home Top-sounding section of English painting becomes «Portrait of Baron de Robek astride a chestnut horse» the brush of George Stubbs (1724-1806). The portrait is dated 1791 and exhibited in the year estimeytom 2-3 million pounds. In 1790 Stubbs has received an order for a series of paintings depicting horses running for the tavern The Turf, where to place bets on races. This series brought him fame and numerous commissions, as well as the patronage of the Prince of Wales. John 2 nd Baron de Robek was representative of the Swedish nobility. His father was a style in the 1750 King of Sweden, Frederick I. In this portrait Baron vzdyblennom is depicted riding a horse - pose a matter of creativity Stubbs Velasquez, Titian and Van Dyck.

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Landscape J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851) «Lake Virginia» has received a preliminary estimate of 500-700 thousand pounds. Watercolor was written in the late 1820's, it shows Virginia Water lake in the county of Berkshire. In the boat shown in the picture, according to the Royal Standard, floats King George IV. The presence of objects with royal symbols indicates that Turner painted the ceremony marking the birthday of the King - April 23, and celebrating the Day of St.. George. Watercolor in 1913 was in a private family gathering, and never put up for auction.

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picture of John Constable (1776-1837) «lightning clouds over Hampstead». Estimeyt 300-500 thousand pounds. The artist wrote a kind of rainy and windy day in Hampstead, depicting the dark storm clouds hanging over the low horizon line. Constable has written more than 10 studies with clouds, but not many of them can compare in scale and power with the composition. The sky has always been one of the central images in the works of Constable.

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Drawings of Old Masters

On Wednesday, July 8 at 11:00 the auction will be held pictures of old masters. Top-lot auction will be a masterpiece of Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), considered as lost for many years. Well-established and sensual composition «Apelles writes Kampaspu in the presence of Alexander» dates from the year 1813. This is one of the best works of David ever put up for auction. His contemporaries called him one of the best works by the artist soon after its creation, and the author himself appreciated the work. The last time the figure exhibited in public in 1925, after which his fate did not know anything. Only in 2001 it was discovered in private collections.

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he frequently resorted to the classical subjects of history, creating allegorical images of the French Revolution. But since 1813 it is less interested in the political background of scenes. David has devoted more attention to visual works, referring to the classic images of ancient Greece. Figure striking beauty of the proportions feeling images and precise, balanced composition.

Source : Press Release Sotheby's