One of the main sensations bidding works of old masters, held in the end of January , was the sale of paintings by Dutch artist Hendrik Terbryuggena (Hendrick Ter Brugghen) «piper». The work, which was exhibited at New York auction, Sotheby's, bought for $ 10 million, while estimeyt it was 4-6 million. «Piper» became the most expensive piece of Terbryuggena ever sold at public auction.

record amount overlaid London art dealer Johnny van Heften (Johnny van Haeften), who had to fight for a picture with the New Yorkers Feygenom Richard (Richard Feigen). Feige bid on behalf of the National Art Gallery in Washington, which has long wanted to get first-class canvas Terbryuggena. But Van Heften won, joining forces with two other dealers - Bernhaymerom Conrad (Konrad Bernheimer) and Otto Naumann (Otto Naumann). After the auction the representatives of the museum spared that yielded a picture enemies - and decided to redeem it from Van Heftena. Fortunately, the dealer agreed to sell the work, and soon she went to Washington.

«piper» was created in 1624. The previous owners were the heirs of a German industrialist Herbert von Klemperer (Herbert von Klemperer), which received its restitution in July last year. In 1938, the Nazis forced von Klemperer to sell the picture at an auction, where it acquired the Cologne Museum Wallraf-Richartz. In his meeting «piper» was almost seventy years.

Material prepared Yulia Maksimova

Source: artsbeat . blogs.nytimes.com , telegraph.co . uk , artinvestment.ru