" Still life of dead
hares."
London
Dealer Wins Rare Goya Painting for $5 Million
NEW YORK CITY -- A rare Goya painting was auctioned at Christie's
January 24 sale of Old Master Paintings for $5,069,500, including
premium.
Jean Luc Baroni.
Anthony Crichton-Stuart, head of the firm's Old Master paintings
department said that the sale "showed both the strengths and
weaknesses of the market, which is more than ever focused on
freshness and high quality."
Crichton-Stuart remarked, "The top lot, Goya's 'Still life of
dead hares,' one of only 12 works of this genre known to exist
and one of the last ones in private hands, more than doubled its
presale estimate and was acquired for $5,069,500."
The Goya had been estimated at $2/3 million. The oil on canvas
painting by Jose de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) was purchased by
London dealer Jean Luc Baroni Ltd.
