Memorials of Christie's Volume 1; A Record of Art Sales from 1766 to 1896 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ...guineas (Lord Hertford), and a Riposo of the Holy Family, 780 guineas (the same); W. Van de Velde, a Calm, men of war furling sails, 340 guineas (Farrer); Isaac Ostade, the Bowl Players, 262 guineas (Norton); Van der Heyden, square in a German Town, 370 guineas; Rembrandt, portrait of Admiral Van Tromp, 460 guineas (Baron Rothschild); and A. Ostade, Adoration of the Shepherds, 450 guineas. 1 This beautiful picture was purchased on this occasion by Alexander Darby, at whose sale, in 1867, it realized 380 guineas, and is now in the National Gallery. Lord Ashburnham's sale, July 20th, formed the principal event of 1850, 91 pictures and 5 bronzes realizing total of, 13,295, or, deducting the bought in property, 9,773. The principal pictures in the sale included Carlo Dolci, Daughter of Herodias, 700 guineas (Marquis of Westminster); Salvator Rosa, Apollo and the Sibyl, 1,700 guineas (Marquis of Hertford); and St. John preaching in the Wilderness, with Philip baptizing the Eunuch, 1,000 guineas (bought in); Vandyck, portrait of Don Livio Odescalchi, 450 guineas--or, 500 it is not quite clear from the catalogue which is the correct amount (Lord C. Townshend); Rembrandt, a Cavalier in black dress, 690 guineas, (Farrer); and Mathematician and Pupil, the engraved picture from the Dundas collection, 1,000 guineas (bought in); Guido, Bacchus and Ariadne, 400 guineas (bought in); and Lucretia stabbing herself, 390 guineas (Baron N. Rothschild); Claude, View in the Bay of Naples, 1,070 guineas, and a view of Rome, with the Ponte Molle in the distance, 1,800 guineas, both bought in; Murillo, Portrait of himself, signed and inscribed, 790 guineas (Lord Spencer), and St. Francis kneeling in prayer, from the Dundas collection, 1,000 guineas (bought in); Rube...