The “Sacra Conversazione” of Tiziano, auctioned for U.S. $ 17 million
January 30, 2011 by Gajenjo
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New York (US) – Selling Antique Painting held in the auction room of Sotheby’s in New York set new record prices for 16 artists, including Tiziano, whose work Sacred Conversation: the Madonna and Child with St. Luke and St. Catherine of Alexandria was sold by $ 16.9 million to a European private collector and broke the record for the artist established 20 years ago. Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian, A Sacra Conversazione: The Madonna and Child with Saints Luke and Catherine [...]
Auction Record Set for Titian at Sotheby’s Old Master Paintings Sale in New York
January 28, 2011 by All Art News
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NEW YORK, NY.- Today at Sotheby’s sale of Important Old Master Paintings in New York, a new auction record was established for the Renaissance master Titian when his A Sacra Conversazione: The Madonna and Child with Saints Luke and Catherine of Alexandria sold for $16,882,500 to a European Private Collector. That price exceeded the previous record of $13.6 million, which had held for 20 years. A Sacra Conversazione is one of only a handful of multi-figured compositions by Titian that remain [...]
Sotheby’s to Offer one of the Most Important Work by Titian to Appear at Auction in Nearly Twenty Years
October 30, 2010 by All Art News
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NEW YORK, NY.- A monumental work by the Renaissance master Titian will be offered early next year in Sotheby’s sale of Important Old Master Paintings in New York on 27 January 2011. A Sacra Conversazione: The Madonna and Child with Saints Luke and Catherine of Alexandria is one of only a handful of multi-figured compositions by the 16th century artist remaining in private hands and the most important to appear at auction since 1991. It will be shown the public for the first [...]