Orazio Gentileschi, The Madonna and Child. Oil on panel, 36 x 28 1⁄4 in. (91.4 x 73 cm.). Estimate: $4,000,000-6,000,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.
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MASTERWORKS FROM THE ALANA COLLECTION
FRA GIOVANNI DA FIESOLE, CALLED FRA ANGELICO (VICCHIO C. 1395-1455 ROME)
Saint Dominic and the Stigmatization of Saint Francis
tempera and gold on panel
Price realized: $4,740,000
The June 9 auction of Old Masters | New Perspectives: Masterworks From The Alana Collection at Christie’s New York achieved a total of $19,404,600. The sale was led by Fra Angelico’s Saint Dominic and the Stigmatization of Saint Francis, a picture that was included in a 2019 exhibition dedicated to Fra Angelico at the Prado in Madrid and that has a companion wing in the Detroit Museum of Arts. It achieved $4,740,000. Other highlights of the sale included, The Madonna and Child painted from life by Orazio Gentileschi, which sold for $4,440,000; Portrait of a young man by El Greco, which achieved $3,660,000; The Crucifixion with the Madonna and Saint John the Evangelist by an Associate of Ambrogio Lorenzetti, which brought $945,000; and The Martyrdom of Saint Apollonia by Guido Reni, which fetched $819,000.