Christie's wanted to convict for the wrong attribution of Titian
The painting sold at Christie's for 8 thousand pounds, was subsequently recognized as an original Titian and is estimated at 4-6 million dollars. The former owners of work submitted to the auction house in court
As reported by The Daily Telegraph, the inhabitants of Great Britain, David Dixon (David Dickson) and Susan Priestley (Susan Priestley) are suing the auction house Christie's, erred in the attribution of paintings owned by them under the name "Salome with the head of John the Baptist." In 1993, Christie's experts attributed the painting "School of Titian" and commended it to 8.12 thousand pounds sterling. The work was sold at the lower estimate. Later the painting was recognized as the original of the great master, and put up for auction with Sotheby's estimate: 4.6 million dollars.
Dixon and Priestley, coinciding with each other brother and sister, found a painting in his parents' house 20 years ago. When they turned to Christie's, an expert from the department of paintings by old masters suggested that the work can be original by Titian, but it could not be more precise, because the canvas is in very bad condition. According to the plaintiffs, the expert has promised that the auction house will continue to investigate, but thorough cleaning cloth, without which it was impossible to establish authorship, and was not done. Brother and sister accused Christie's of neglecting their duties.
In 2001, now has acquired a Milanese collector Kelliker Luigi (Luigi Koelliker), who stated that it is a lost masterpiece by Titian. According to him, work is even included in the collection of King Charles I. Since then, the canvas has participated in several international exhibitions of paintings by Titian, and in 2009 it appeared in the auction Sotheby's. According to the catalog of the auction, the painting was created in 1570-ies. Experts have written that it is an excellent example of the late artist's work. But buy now nobody wanted.
UK High Court was to hear the case on February 24, but the surprise of all parties came to an agreement, details of which are not reported.
article prepared by Julia Maksimova, AI
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