“A Portrait of a Young Lady in Pink” leads January Period Art & Design auction at Bonhams

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- A selection of paintings paved the way to success at Bonhams Period Art & Design auction, January 29, 2012 in San Francisco, which realized a sales total of $578,981. Leading the auction was A portrait of a young lady in pink, an oil on canvas by Tadé Styka, depicting a brunette woman in a sleeveless, eye-catching, pink gown sitting outside against a grey-blue sky. The piece, signed by Polish-born, portrait painter Styka (1889-1954), more than doubled its pre-sale estimate of [...]

Sotheby’s Achieves Second Highest Price for Any Old Master Painting at Auction in London

LONDON.- Tonight Sotheby’s London Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale was led by Francesco Guardi’s monumental masterpiece Venice, a View of the Rialto Bridge, Looking North, from the Fondamenta del Carbon, which established the highest price of the week of London Old Master Sales when it sold for an astonishing £26,697,250/$42,865,105/ €29,834,146 (est. £15-25 million*). Achieving a record as the 2nd highest price for any Old Master Painting sold at auction, a record for any Venetian view painting at auction**, as well [...]

Sotheby’s to Sell One of the Greatest Venetian View Paintings Ever Executed

LONDON.- On July 6, 2011, Sotheby’s London will sell one of the greatest masterpieces of Venetian view painting ever executed. Estimated in the region of £20 million (US$30 million), Francesco Guardi’s Venice, a view of the Rialto Bridge, Looking North, from the Fondamenta del Carbon is monumental in scale. Measuring 115 by 199.5cm (45¼ by 78½ in.), it is one of four works that Guardi painted on this grand scale, all executed at around the same time in the late 1760s, [...]

National Museum Wales Acquires Important Venetian Painting

CARDIFF.- Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales has purchased an important painting by the 18th century Italian artist Francesco Guardi. View of the Palazzo Loredan dell’Ambasciatore on the Grand Canal, Venice (oil on panel, 24.3 x 35.5cm) was bought with the Art Fund´s help. This significant work, accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by H M Government and allocated to Amgueddfa Cymru, is an important addition to the Museum’s outstanding 18th century collections. It supplements several other depictions of Venice [...]