Overview
Sotheby's 19th Century European Paintings sales offer a diverse range of schools, movements and styles from one of the richest and most varied centuries in art history. Held throughout the year, finely curated auctions take place in London, New York, Paris, Amsterdam, Milan and Zurich.
In London we offer both mainstream 19th Century European Paintings Sales together with a series of focused specialist sales celebrating the wide range of regional styles that flourished across Europe during the period. Our specialist theme sales include The Scandinavian Sale; German, Austrian & Central European Painting; The Orientalist Sale; Spanish Painting; Symbolism & the Poetic Vision, and The Greek Sale. Held in May, June and November each year, the wealth and diversity of the material offered in these auctions was illustrated in 2008 by the prices achieved for five works by five artists of different nationalities each selling for well in excess of £1 million. The five works by Joseph Anton ...
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 Bouguereau and Courbet, Cupid and Psyche Please join Polly Sartori, Head of 19th Century European Paintings, Sotheby's New York, as she explores how two vastly different painters, William Bouguereau and Gustave Courbet, interpreted the popular myth of Cupid and Psyche. |
