Important Old Master Pictures (catalogue for an auction conducted by Christie's, London, 11 April 1986) § Portrait of the 10th Marquesa de Santa Cruz by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (catalogue for lot 79 in Christie's sale of Important Old Master Pictures, London, 11 April 1986)
London, Christie, Manson & Woods, 1986
Two volumes (25.5 cm), I: 125 (7) pp., colour illustrations. 78 lots. Price list loosely inserted. II: 18 (6) pp., colour illustrations. 1 lot. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers; in the publisher’s slipcase. - The Spanish Government contended that the export (in 1983) of Goya’s portrait of Doña Joaquina Téllez-Girón y Pimentel, Marquise of Santa Cruz (1784-1851), had been illegal, and after a tremendous fuss the painting was withdrawn from the auction, and sold to the Spanish government for $6m (Christie’s had predicted a sale price in excess of $10m). It is now Museo del Prado, Inv. 7070. ¶ Annotated, partly priced.
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- Subjects
- Auction sale catalogues - Paintings - 1986
- Authors/Creators
- Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd (London)
- Auction date
- 19860411
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