Christie's auctioned 30 millionth picture Poussin
The work belongs to the Duke Ratlendskomu, whose ancestors for her tricked Pope
Nicolas Poussin Ordination
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December 7 at London's Christie's auction will be paintings by Nicholas Poussin (Nicolas Poussin) «Ordination", which is estimated at 15-20 million pounds (23-31 million dollars).
dating back to 1630 mi years work belongs to a cycle of "Seven Sacraments", created by order of the Roman collector Cassiano further Pozzo (Cassiano dal Pozzo). One of these paintings, "Confessions," about two hundred years ago, died in a fire. Other works are now in museums: "Baptism" - at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, and the "ordination", "Confirmation," "Communion", "Unction" and "Wedding" - in London's National Gallery. The owner of the five "British" art is Ratlendsky Duke, who is going to sell "Ordination" in order to raise funds for the restoration of his castle Belvua.
paintings were purchased in the late XVIII century ancestor of the Duke Charles Manners (Charles Manners), who deceived them for the sake of the Pope who tried to impose a ban on the export of paintings from Italy. By order of the broker, dealer paintings by James Byres (James Byres), replaced the originals with copies. Copies were in Italy, and the masterpieces of Poussin were secretly sent to the new owner.
In 2007, the current Duke stated its intention to sell all of its five "sacraments," but abandoned that venture in the last moment, citing "family reasons". Then the paintings were valued at 100 million pounds.
There is another version of the series "Seven Sacraments", which the artist, when he was court painter of Louis XIII, wrote to a Parisian collector. Now these works are in the collection of the Duke Sazerlendskogo, who lent them the National Gallery of Scotland.
Sources: , artinvestment.ru
