西方古典画作今周在伦敦大卖。继佳士得后，苏富比亦交出漂亮成绩。古典油画夜拍交出86%高成交率，全晚斩获£3,020万。此场焦点落在£948万（RMB 8,180万）成交的《祈祷中的基督》上，画作上面竟然暗藏肖像大师林布兰（Rembrandt，1606-1669）的指纹。
《双手交叉的年轻男子头像习作，祈祷中的基督》
《双手交叉的年轻男子头像习作，祈祷中的基督》
画作全名为《双手交叉的年轻男子头像习作，祈祷中的基督》。在林布兰笔下，基督不再是拜占庭式的救赎者，而是有血有肉的凡人。画中男子沉浸于祈祷当中，私密而动人的时刻提醒艺术家：基督是神，但亦生而为人。
此画可能是一幅叙事油画或版画的预备习作，场景应该是《圣经》中耶稣基督在客西马尼园向天父祷告的情节。它属于一组七幅相类的油彩素描，每幅尺寸几乎相同，皆绘于橡木板上，现藏于世界各地的博物馆之中。
同组相类的油彩素描｜柏林国立博物馆
同组相类的油彩素描｜底特律美术馆
同组相类的油彩素描｜布雷迪乌斯博物馆
画作符合大家对林布兰绘画方式的理解：一气呵成，落笔迅速，调整修改时颜料仍然湿润。专业修复师画上发现指纹（上图），相信属于画家本人，分布在画板底部边角的原颜料层上，进一步证明作品完成速度之快。
据记录，油画最后一次公开露面是1956年，在瑞典首都斯德哥尔摩展出。此后，画作在市场上销声匿迹半世纪之久，直到2011年再现人间。今次拍卖以£820万落槌，超过估价范围，连佣£948万成交。
《威尔斯亲王查理二世肖像》
《威尔斯亲王查理二世肖像》
本场另有一幅画作，小编特别想谈一下 - £262万成交的《威尔斯亲王查理二世肖像》。查理二世（Charles II，1630-1685）当时只有11岁，尚未登基成为英王，故身份是威尔斯亲王。
查理二世年少凄惨，18岁时父亲查理一世在内战中失败而亡，20岁加冕登基后随即要逃到国外，颠沛流离。近10年流亡生涯中，他饱尝忧患，故复位后来个「及时行乐」，不但重新开放娱乐场所，让妓院、酒馆、马场、戏院恢复昔日喧嚣，本人也经常寻花问柳，遂有「快活王」之称。
回国复位的查理二世，小编尤其喜欢他的发型
此画绘画之时，小查理只有11岁，未懂忧患，又怎料到人生会如此大起大落，又怎想到数百年后，自己会成为一个传奇，被后代国民选为最伟大君主之一。
成交三甲
林布兰（Rembrandt，1606-1669）《双手交叉的年轻男子头像习作，祈祷中的基督》
拍品编号：18
尺寸：25.5 x 20.1cm
来源：
- With H.M. Clark, London (presumably in or before 1930);
- With Leger Galleries, London, 1934 (J[oseph] Leger);
- 'Van der Mühl, Basel' (probably the 'private collection, Basel, 1935' according to Bredius); also 'Sarasin, Basel'; these are most likely the same, and to be identified as Hans Franz Sarasin (1873–1933) , and his wife Anna, née von der Mühll (1877–1933), and their heirs (see the present catalogue entry);
- With Galerie Katz, Basel, by 1936;
- From whom sent on loan to Schaeffer Galleries, New York, 1936 until after 1942 (by whom deposited at the Fogg Art Museum for the attention of Dr Jakob Rosenberg on 3 July 1942 and returned on 2 September 1942; bears Fogg Art Museum label on the reverse with inv. no. 411.1942);
- With Galerie Katz, Basel, 1948 (see under Exhibited);
- With P. de Boer, Hergiswil, Switzerland, 1956.
- With Kunsthandel P. de Boer, Amsterdam (bears their label on the reverse);
- From whom acquired in June 1956 by the grandmother of the present owner.
估价：£6,000,000 - 8,000,000
成交价：£9,480,800
凡·雷斯达尔（Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael，1628-1682）《哈伦风景画：哈伦全景与从西北方望白茫茫的原野》
拍品编号：13
尺寸：53.5 x 67.5cm
来源：
- Possibly Le Bas Courmont sale, Paris, 1792;
- Héris of Brussels, acting for Colonel Biré;
- By whom sold, Paris, Paillet, 25–26 March 1841, lot 20, for 6,750 Francs;
- Tardieu and others sale, Paris, Drouot, 4 February 1851, lot 19, for 5,800 Francs to Le Roy;
- Théodore Patureau;
- His sale, Paris, Drouot, 20–21 April 1857, lot 29, for 9,700 Francs;
- Maurice Kann (1840–1891), Paris;
- With F. Kleinberger, Paris and New York, 1913;
- August Cornelius de Ridder (1837–1911), Villa Schönberg, Cronberg-im-Taunus;
- Marcus Kappel (1839–1919), Berlin, by 1914;
- His grandson, Dr Gerhart Noah, Berlin;
- By inheritance to his cousin, Walther Rathenau, Berlin;
- Ernst (later Ernest) G. Rathenau, Berlin and from 1938 New York;
- Left by Rathenau for safekeeping with his cousin Dr F.J. Sedlmayr in 1939;
- From whom seized by the occupying German forces in Amsterdam and bought through Mühlmann by Hitler on 15 February 1941 for the Führer Museum in Linz (inv. no. 1436);
- Recovered via the Munich Collecting Point where registered on 15 July 1945 (no. 4336), and transferred to the Dutch authorities on 29 March 1946;
- Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit, inv. no. 621;
- Returned in 1947 to Ernest G. Rathenau, New York (d. 1986), and his sister Ellen Ettlinger Rathenau, Oxford (d. 1994), although not formally received and signed for by them until 19th March 1951, together with a view of Amsterdam by Jan van der Heyden, possibly because they had been on exhibition;
- Sold by their heirs to Otto Naumann, New York;
- With Noortman Master Paintings, Maastricht;
- By whom sold to the present owner before 2004.
估价：£1,500,000 - 2,000,000
成交价：£2,650,000
凡·戴克爵士（Sir Anthony van Dyck，1599-1641）《威尔斯亲王查理二世肖像（1630–1685年）》
拍品编号：29
尺寸：158.8 x 109.2cm
来源：
- Probably commissioned by King Charles I, before 9 August 1641, when the Prince was carried by barge from Lambeth to Van Dyck's Whitehall studio;
- Possibly Sir Horatio Townshend, 3rd Bt. and later 1st Viscount Townshend (1630-1687), Raynham Hall, Norfolk;
- Thence probably by descent to Field Marshall George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend (1724–1807), Raynham Hall, Norfolk;
- By descent to his son George Townshend, 2nd Marquess Townshend (1753–1811), Raynham Hall, Norfolk;
- By descent to John Stuart Townshend, 6th Marquess Townshend (1866–1921), Raynham Hall, Norfolk;
- His sale ('Catalogue of the Townshend Heirlooms'), London, Christie's, 7 March 1904, lot 191 (as D. Mytens), 460 guineas to Agnews;
- With Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd., London;
- From whom acquired by Robert (1850–1929) and Evelyn Benson (1856–1943);
- By whom given to their daughter;
- Thence by inheritance
估价：£2,000,000 - 3,000,000
成交价：£2,620,000
拍卖总结
拍卖行：伦敦苏富比
专场：西方古典油画晚拍
拍卖日期：2018/12/5
拍品数目：42
成交：36
未成交：6
成交率：86%
总成交额：£30,209,550