More recently, the work of Girolamo Romano "Christ Carrying the Cross" owned by Milan Pinacoteca di Brera, but she had to give up painting the heirs of Holocaust victims. Yesterday at an auction of Old Masters painting new owners allowed under the hammer

Girolamo ROMANO Carrying the cross
Christie's. 6.06.2012
Estimate: 2.5-3.5 million
Result: 4.56 million
Source: artdaily.com

held yesterday at the New York auction of Old Masters Christie's painting" Christ Carrying the Cross "Italian painter brushes XVI century Girolamo Romano earned 4.56 million dollars (estimate: 2.5-3.5 million). The cloth was not only a top-lot auction, which brought a total of 12.6 million dollars, but also the most expensive work of Girolamo Romano. The previous auction record for the work of Italian artist dates back to 1996: then a different picture on the biblical story was sold for 512,000 dollars.

Girolamo di Romano (or Romanino) was born between 1484 and 1487 years at Brescia, which was then ruled by the Venetians. He became famous as the creator of the frescoes, altarpieces, portraits and paintings on religious themes. Girolamo Romano lived and worked in northern Italy - Padua, Cremona, Brescia and Trento.

first mention of the movie "Christ Carrying the Cross" art found in the inventory of the collection Bronoli family from Brescia to 1820 . But we can not say that this is the work of Romanino. The first reliable mention of the canvas refers to 1853, when it was registered in the collection, and Cesare Antonio Averoldi of Brescia. This gave the experts a reason to suppose that Jerome Romano originally wrote "Christ Carrying the Cross" on the order Arnoldi family. Members of this family of Brescia in the XVI century actively patronized the arts, placing orders with Titian, and Savoldo same Romanino. Around 1900, the painting went to the Milan collection Crespi.

In 1914, "Carrying the Cross" was sold at auction in Paris. Buyer was Federico Gentili di Giuseppe (Federico Gentili di Giuseppe) - Italian of Jewish descent. He died in 1940, after which he was forced collection of art to be auctioned off in 1941, the Vichy government. Next resale occurred in 1996: private collector bought the painting from Milan. In 1998 work "The Carrying of the Cross" was included in a collection of di Brera in Milan Pinakothek.

Around the same time, the heirs of Giuseppe Gentili achieved recognition by the court conducted an auction in 1941 illegal. And since then they have spent a number of restitution claims, many of which were successful for them. To select a picture from Milan Romanino Pinakothek heirs tried for many years, but, as usual, a real chance to do this came from them when the job was sent for exhibition in America. summer of 2011, "Carrying the Cross" was arrested at the Museum of Mary Brogan in Tallahassee (Florida). In February of this year Court of Florida ruled that the heirs of the picture you want to return , and April this transfer took place . But in less than a couple of months, as the heirs put it up for auction.

Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI

Sources : artdaily.com , artinvestment.ru