On 3 and 4 July, following the price records in June, the next highlight of Villa Grisebach's spring auctions in the ORANGERIE section will take place: the auction of Old Masters and exquisite arts and crafts from the legendary and long-lost Rohde-Hinze Collection, with a total median estimate of 3.5 million euros.The highlights include an apostle's head by Anthonis van Dyck (60,000-80,000 euros) and four works by Jan Brueghel the Younger, including a large depiction of Paradise (300,000-500,000 euros), as well as the panels of the famous Cyriacus Altarpiece by Bartholomew Bruyn (150,000-250,000 euros). Italian painting is represented by a top work by Lavinia Fontana (20,000-30,000 euros) and Dutch painting by masterpieces by Salomon van Ruysdael (200,000-300,000 euros) and Jacob Duck (20,000-30,000 euros).
The moderately priced works of applied art include Baroque Augsburg silver, particularly early and sometimes unique Meissen porcelain, pieces from the services for King Frederick the Great at KPM Berlin (from 1,000 euros), Caucasian carpets and Asiatica (e.g. a Guanyin from the Ming dynasty, 20,000 euros).
The auction, for which a two-volume catalogue was produced in collaboration with over 120 national and international experts, is the Old Master's debut at Grisebach. Essays by Prof. Dr. Bénédicte Savoy (Head of the Department of Art History at the TU Berlin) and Dr. Stefan Körner (Head of the ORANGERIE) bring the history of the Berlin art trade in the 1920s and this collection back to life. For the preview from 27 June, the rooms of the historic Villa Grisebach have been colourfully decorated and the works of art arranged in the style of Wilhelm von Bode's rooms. An exhibition provides information about the history of the collection and shows original documents from the company archive, which has been handed over to the Central Archive of the National Museums in Berlin.