兩畫刷新紀錄 HK$3.2億的「古典大師之夜」

以投資角度出發的話,西洋古典藝術無疑是穩健之選。價錢少有大起大落,卻一直穩步上揚。倫敦昨夜的古典藝術晚拍,佳士得就刷新了兩項紀錄,帶來近£3,120萬(HK$3.2億;NT$12.4億)成交額。

首先是《The Holy Family》(意為聖家),出自謝拉‧大衛(Gerard David,1460-1523)之手。此畫曾於一個歐洲家庭傳承整個世紀,至2003年在紐約佳士得上拍,連佣約US$100萬(HK$780萬)成交。


謝拉‧大衛自畫像

謝拉‧大衛活於文藝復興時期,在世時就相當成功,於布魯日和安特衛普都有畫廊。這位荷蘭畫家擅長描繪基督的家庭生活,此畫就是繪瑪利亞、小耶穌和約瑟。小耶穌手上拿著的水果,就是基督宗教裡甚有象徵意義的蘋果。


小耶穌手上拿的是蘋果

畫作今次估價£150萬 - 250萬,引來多個電話競投爭奪,最終以£410萬落槌,由古典大師繪畫部高層雷森(Paul Raison)的客戶投得。連佣成交價近£485萬(HK$5,000萬;NT$1.9億),刷新謝拉‧大衛拍賣紀錄。

另一幅是林布蘭(Rembrandt,1606-1669)的作品,描繪聖經新約中耶穌基督受審一幕。此作£220萬落槌,同樣由電話委託投得,連佣近£265萬(HK$2,750萬;NT$1億)成交,打破這位荷蘭大畫家的版畫拍賣紀錄。


左至右為彼拉多、巴拉巴、耶穌

三位主角在畫作中央,左至右為彼拉多、巴拉巴、耶穌。彼拉多是猶太地區總督,乃羅馬帝國派來管治的地方首長;巴拉巴為囚犯,是犯下叛亂、殺人罪的強盜;耶穌大家知道,因為傳道而得罪了猶太同族祭司。


林布蘭自畫像

一日,一群猶太人和祭司押著耶穌來到總督府,大呼小叫,要求彼拉多處死他。彼拉多審問耶穌後,雖知對方無罪,惟不敢犯眾怒,遂讓群眾兩選一,是要釋放耶穌還是強盜巴拉巴。群眾在祭司煽動下,選擇殺死耶穌,彼拉多於是判耶穌十字架之刑。此畫捕捉的就是這場審訊。

較為可惜的是,這場晚拍的另一幅領銜肖像畫最終流拍。此畫出自魯本斯(Peter Paul Rubens,1577-1640)之手,畫中人是這位大畫家的愛女Clara。魯本斯繪畫此作時,她的人生已幾乎走到盡頭。大家可以想像,這位父親每一筆畫下去,愛女的生命又流逝了一點,這種心情是何等滋味。

 

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》

拍品編號:36
尺寸:102 x 86.2cm
來源:

  • 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. 

估價:£3,500,000 - 5,000,000
成交價:£5,071,250


謝拉‧大衛(Gerald David,1460-1523)《The Holy Family》

拍品編號:31
尺寸:40.9 x 33cm
來源:

  • 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. 

估價:£1,500,000 - 2,500,000
成交價:£4,846,250


林布蘭(Rembrandt,1606-1669)《Christ presented to the people (‘Ecce Homo’)》

拍品編號:22
尺寸:38.7 x 44.8cm
來源:

  • 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. 

估價:£2,200,000 - 3,500,000
成交價:£2,648,750

 

拍賣總結

拍賣行:倫敦佳士得
場次:古典大師晚間拍賣
拍賣日期:2018/7/5
拍品數目:61
成交:45
未成交:16
成交率:74%
成交總額:£31,187,000