以投资角度出发的话,西洋古典艺术无疑是稳健之选。价钱少有大起大落,却一直稳步上扬。伦敦昨夜的古典艺术晚拍,佳士得就刷新了两项纪录,带来近£3,120万(RMB 2.7亿)成交额。
首先是《The Holy Family》(意为圣家),出自谢拉‧大卫(Gerard David,1460-1523)之手。此画曾于一个欧洲家庭传承整个世纪,至2003年在纽约佳士得上拍,连佣约US$100万成交。
谢拉‧大卫自画像
谢拉‧大卫活于文艺复兴时期,在世时就相当成功,于布鲁日和安特卫普都有画廊。这位荷兰画家擅长描绘基督的家庭生活,此画就是绘玛利亚、小耶稣和约瑟。小耶稣手上拿着的水果,就是基督宗教里甚有象征意义的苹果。
小耶稣手上拿的是苹果
画作今次估价£150万 - 250万,引来多个电话竞投争夺,最终以£410万落槌,由古典大师绘画部高层雷森(Paul Raison)的客户投得。连佣成交价近£485万(RMB 4,200万),刷新谢拉‧大卫拍卖纪录。
另一幅是林布兰(Rembrandt,1606-1669)的作品,描绘圣经新约中耶稣基督受审一幕。此作£220万落槌,同样由电话委托投得,连佣近£265万(RMB 2,300万)成交,打破这位荷兰大画家的版画拍卖纪录。
左至右为彼拉多、巴拉巴、耶稣
三位主角在画作中央,左至右为彼拉多、巴拉巴、耶稣。彼拉多是犹太地区总督,乃罗马帝国派来管治的地方首长;巴拉巴为囚犯,是犯下叛乱、杀人罪的强盗;耶稣大家知道,因为传道而得罪了犹太同族祭司。
林布兰自画像
一日,一群犹太人和祭司押着耶稣来到总督府,大呼小叫,要求彼拉多处死他。彼拉多审问耶稣后,虽知对方无罪,惟不敢犯众怒,遂让群众两选一,是要释放耶稣还是强盗巴拉巴。群众在祭司煽动下,选择杀死耶稣,彼拉多于是判耶稣十字架之刑。此画捕捉的就是这场审讯。
较为可惜的是,这场晚拍的另一幅领衔肖像画最终流拍。此画出自鲁本斯(Peter Paul Rubens,1577-1640)之手,画中人是这位大画家的爱女Clara。鲁本斯绘画此作时,她的人生已几乎走到尽头。大家可以想像,这位父亲每一笔画下去,爱女的生命又流逝了一点,这种心情是何等滋味。
成交三甲
拉卡奇(Ludovico Carracci,1555-1619)《Portrait of Carlo Alberto Rati Opizzoni in armour, three-quarter-length, wearing the Order of the Knights of Malta, the city of Bologna beyond》
拍品编号:36
尺寸:102 x 86.2cm
来源:
- Conte Luigi Amedeo Rati Opizzoni (1877-1946), Turin, to whom gifted by the city of Bologna (according to family tradition), before 1911, and thence by direct family descent (in New York by 1930), until sold in the following ,
- Anonymous sale [Property from a New York Estate]; Sotheby’s, New York, 27 January 2005, lot 125, when acquired by the present owner.
估价:£3,500,000 - 5,000,000
成交价:£5,071,250
谢拉‧大卫(Gerald David,1460-1523)《The Holy Family》
拍品编号:31
尺寸:40.9 x 33cm
来源:
- Victor Martin Le Roy (1842 – 1918), Paris, by whom acquired in 1887 in Paris, and by descent through his daughter,
- Jeanne Martin Le Roy, to her husband,
- Jean Joseph Marquet de Vasselot (1871-1946), and by descent to the following.
- Anonymous sale; Christie’s, New York, 24 January 2003, lot 36, when acquired by the present owner.
估价:£1,500,000 - 2,500,000
成交价:£4,846,250
林布兰(Rembrandt,1606-1669)《Christ presented to the people (‘Ecce Homo’)》
拍品编号:22
尺寸:38.7 x 44.8cm
来源:
- Gabriel von Cronstern [II], probably acquired in the 1760s from Pierre Yver in Amsterdam.
- By descent in the family of the Grafen Plessen-Cronstern, Schleswig-Holstein; their sale, Christie’s, London, Important Old Master Prints from a German Family of Title – Part I, 10 December 1991, lot 54.
- Samuel Josefowitz (1921-2015), Lausanne; acquired at the above sale.
- Then by descent to the present owners.
估价:£2,200,000 - 3,500,000
成交价:£2,648,750
拍卖总结
拍卖行:伦敦佳士得
场次:古典大师晚间拍卖
拍卖日期:2018/7/5
拍品数目:61
成交:45
未成交:16
成交率:74%
成交总额:£31,187,000