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Charles I disposed of this Van Dyck portrait when he signed the sitter's death warrant. Now it is up for sale at Christie's


Portrait of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, by Anthony Van Dyck
Courtesy of Christie s
Having a portrait of someone whose execution you have ordered hanging on your wall might make one feel a little, well, uncomfortable.
And so it seems was the case with Charles I and this arresting portrait of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (around 1639-40) by Anthony Van Dyck which is coming up for sale at Christie s Old Masters evening auction in London on 8 July, estimated at £3m to £5m.
Strafford was a controversial and uncompromising character. Initially a parliamentarian, he was won over by Charles I and became one of his most powerful courtiers, acting as President of the Council of the North in 1628 and Lord-Deputy of Ireland in the 1630s before becoming chief advisor to the ill-fated king during his Personal Rule (without parliament) between 1639-41, just before the Civil War of 1642. But Strafford was unpopular with many and Charl ....

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Grime stars: paintings set new records for Domenico Ghirlandaio and Jan Davidsz de Heem despite being covered in dirt


Domenico Ghirlandaio s Salvator Mundi
Courtesy of Christie s
New auction records were set for the Florentine Renaissance painter Domenico Ghirlandaio and the Dutch Golden Age artist Jan de Heem tonight at Christie s Old Masters evening sale in London.
Both were in filthy though not bad condition, but being fresh to the market they proved very attractive to bidders.
Ghirlandaio s recently rediscovered
Salvator Mundi blitzed the previous record for a work by the 15th-century painter ($154,250 for
Madonna and Child with Adoring Angels at Sotheby s New York, 2001) selling for £1.8m (£2.2m with fees) six times the estimate of £300,000 to £500,000. The recently rediscovered work had been in the same family s collection since 1955. After inciting a bidding war, it sold tonight to Francois de Poortere s phone bidder in New York. ....

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