A painting entitled "St. John the Evangelist" is estimated at 7.10 million pounds

Last week it became known that the family of Christy, which belongs to the Opera House Glindeborn in the English county of East Sussex, is going to put up for auction now the Italian masters of the XVII Century Domenichino (Domenichino). The canvas appears in the auction, which organizes the auction house - the namesake of the owners.

Estimate of work, which is called "John the Theologian, is about 7-10 million pounds. "In the XVIII century the painting was famous - says Paul Reyzon (Paul Raison), the head of the London branch of the old masters Christie's. - It was mentioned in several guidebooks for the rich young men going after graduation to travel across Europe. It copied itself Fragonard. The work, without any doubt can be ranked among the masterpieces ».

final product of this class that appeared in Christie's, was "Portrait of Lorenzo de'Medici" hand of Raphael. He was put up for auction in July 2007. Experts estimate portrait of 10-15 million pounds, and he brought the entire 18.5 million (with the commission of the auction).

Since the end of 2008 sverhdorogie work on auctions received practically no - this is due to the fact that Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips de Pury stopped giving them assurances. "St. John the Theologian" and guarantees not received.

Domenichino painting was painted in 1620-ies. In the family collection Christie she is already more than a hundred years. In the first half of XVII century was the owner of the Marquis Vincenzo Giustiniani (Vincenzo Giustiniani), the famous Italian collector, whose collection consisted of as many as 12 works by Caravaggio.

In 1986, "St. John the Theologian," was exhibited at the exhibition "Treasury of Great Britain" in the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Paul Reyzon said that now, probably the last time it was then cleaned.

Job Domenichino mentioned in the book "Economics of Taste, written in 1961 by historian Gerald Reitlinger (Gerald Reitlinger). It describes how the value of the picture changes depending on the mode. In 1810, when collectors were hunting for the full swing Baroque painting, "Saint John the Theologian," was sold for 12 thousand pounds. In 1843, the influential critic John Ruskin (John Ruskin) said that Domenichino was a talentless artist, and the price of his work fell. ÷ 1899-Í, ÐÏ ÓÌÏ×ÁÍ òÁÊÔÌÉÎÇÅÒÁ, ËÁÒÔÉÎÁ ÐÒÉÎÅÓÌÁ ÎÁ ÁÕËÃÉÏÎÅ ×ÓÅÇÏ 105šÆÕÎÔÏ×.

leaf "St. John the Evangelist, whose size is 2.5 to 2 meters, will be tendering the works of old masters and artists of the XIX century, which will be held Dec. 8 in London.

article prepared by Julia Maksimova, AI

Sources: bloomberg.com , artinvestment.ru