Yesterday at Sotheby's auction painting by William Mellorda Turner "view of Rome from the Aventine hill" was sold for 30,3 million pounds (47.4 million$) — significantly higher than the estimate of 15-20 million pounds

Yesterday at Sotheby's auction "the Art of the Old Masters and British paintings in London, the painting "view of Rome from the Aventine hill, painted by British artist William Mellorda Turner was sold for a record sum of: the result of taking into account the auction house Commission was 30.3 million pounds (47.4 million dollars), which is significantly higher than the estimate of 15-20 million funtov@

Record was quite expected. Paintings by Turner of this size and quality in private hands there are not more than six, and landscape "view of Rome from the Aventine hill"  one of the best. Besides, I work a great story writing and existence. "View of Rome..." was commissioned Turner his patron Hugh Munro of Novara (Hugh Munro of Novar) in 1828, seven years left on the order. To achieve reliability, Turner traveled to Rome, where he made a huge number of detailed preparatory sketches. When the work was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1836, the Morning Post newspaper wrote: "This is one of the amazing paintings of Turner, striking the imagination and puts in place all the critics: it is beyond pohvale@

This Roman landscape Turner exhibited at the auction only once - in 1878 - and then broke the record of its time, having gone under the hammer for 6 thousand pounds. Since then he has never left the family collection family Rouzberi. Spokesman for the family said that the last 40 years or so the picture Turner exhibited in major museums. Sotheby's experts argue that the condition of the paintings are so good that you can even find it on the hairs of the brush, which he wrote Turner@

Record sale of Turner's paintings at Sotheby's coincided with a General increase in interest in the artist's work from his exhibition at the Tate and the premiere art biographical film, "Mr. Turner" producer Mike Li@

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Источники: theguardian.com, blouinartinfo.com, artinvestment.ru