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Lot

Description

Estimate ($)

Purchase Price

Buyer

37

Louis Léopold Boilly(1761-1845), The entrance to the Turkish Garden Café, 1812, oil on canvas

WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST

3,000,000-5,000,000

$4,562,500

£2,812,885

€3,242,715

Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox on behalf of the J. Paul Getty Museum

29

Gaetano Gandolfi (1734-1802), Diana and Callisto, oil on canvas

WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST

800,000-1,200,000

$4,114,500

£2,536,682

€2,924,307

Private Collector

27

Jan Brueghel II (1601-1678), The entry of the animals into Noah's ark, oil on panel

2,500,000-3,500,000

$2,882,500

£1,777,127

€2,048,685

Anonymous

10

Jan Breughel II (1601-1678), and Frans Francken II (1581-1642), The Four Elements: Fire, Water, Earth and Air, oil on panel

2,000,000-3,000,000

$2,210,500

£1,362,823

€1,571,073

Private Collector

30

Luca Carlevarijs (1663-1730), View of Piazza San Marco with the Torre dell'Orologio, Venice, oil on canvas

800,000-1,200,000

$1,874,500

£1,155,672

€1,332,267

Private Collector

58

Sir William Orpen, R.A., R.H.A. (1878-1931), ‘In Dublin Bay': Portrait of the Artist's Wife, oil on canvas

700,000-1,000,000

$1,370,500

£844,944

€974,058

Anonymous

54

Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691/2-1765), View of Piazza del Popolo, Rome, oil on canvas

600,000-800,000

$1,202,500

£741,368

€854,655

Private Collector

31

Jean Baptiste Oudry (1686-1755), The Watchful Doe (‘Biche aux Augets'), oil on canvas

700,000-900,000

$1,082,500

£667,385

€769,367

European Trade

7

Lucas Cranach The Elder (1472-1553), Judith and Holofernes, oil on panel

500,000-700,000

$866,500

£534,217

€615,849

Private Collector

14

Ludovico Carracci (1555-1619), The Vision of Saint Francis, oil on copper

400,000-600,000

$842,500

£519,420

€598,791

U.S. Trade

Nicholas Hall, International Co-Head, and Ben Hall, Head of Department, Old Master & 19^th Century Art, commented: “Master works and rediscoveries were the theme of the day, as new world auction records were achieved for a rediscovered work by the 18^th century Italian master Gandolfi, and a masterpiece by the 19^th century French artist Boilly, which was acquired for the permanent collection of LA's J. Paul Getty Museum.  Collectors remained selective overall, but did not hesitate to bid high and often for the most rare and important works offered, including those by Jan Brueghel II, Sir William Orpen, Luca Carlevarijs, Giovanni Panini, and Sir Alfred James Munnings.