Pietro and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Autumn (1616), Fearless: The Collection of Hester Diamond, Sotheby’s, New York, 29 January. Estimate $8m-$12m
The late art dealer, collector and interior designer Hester Diamond may have been birdlike in stature but she made up for it with big, bold taste. Her Manhattan home mixed bright contemporary furniture by the likes of Marcel Wanders and Dror Benshetrit with Renaissance paintings, 16th-century limewood sculptures and rare minerals. The star of Sotheby’s sale of her collection is this twisting, Baroque marble sculpture of autumn by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and his father Pietro. A precocious and inventive talent, Gian Lorenzo was only 18 years old when he carved Autumn, a commission for Prince Leone Strozzi. It is one of few Bernini father and son collaborations left in private hands (similar examples are in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). Berninis also rarely come on the market the last wa
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Indeed this year has found many of us staying in more than we ever have, and perhaps more than wish to. Home is now a place we work, live and well, even socialise, albeit virtually. And while the hope is that we’ll be inching towards some semblance of normalcy in the coming year, it will be a while so why not inject some newness into your homes? We’ve curated a list of delightfully handsome luxury pieces of furnishings and decor that will give your living, dining and sleeping areas a welcome upgrade.
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