Christie’s Classic Week brings together auctions from the Antiquities, Decorative Arts, Old Master Paintings, Sculpture and Classical Japanese departments. As the galleries of Christie’s become a museum of classical art built around a selection of Old Master paintings from El Greco, Géricault, David and many other masters, seven distinct sales will feature masterworks ranging from Roman marbles to a Russian gold tea service and samurai armor. Revolution, a new cross-category concept sale on 13 April, will offer paintings, prints, drawings and sculpture as physical expressions of changing cultural consciousness. Viewings in New York begin on 8 April.


Videos

All videos

Discovery: The ‘sleeping beauty’ found hidden in a tower

Discovery: The pistols owned by men who changed the world

Classic Week shorts: An important large Roman bronze of Bacchus

Classic Week shorts: An important Egyptian figure of a lady

Classic Week shorts: The Madonna and Child Enthroned With Saints by Bernardo Daddi

Classic Week shorts: The Duke of Orléans by Ingres



Sale information & events

Auction schedule

  • Antiquities

  • Auction

    20 Rockefeller Plaza
    New York, New York

    12 Apr, 10am

  • Viewing

    8 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    9 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    10 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    11 Apr, 10am – 5pm

  • Contact

    G. Max Bernheimer
    mbernheimer@christies.com
    +1 212 636 2247

    Hannah Fox Solomon
    hsolomon@christies.com
    +1 212 636 2256



  • Sculpture

  • Auction

    20 Rockefeller Plaza
    New York, New York

    13 Apr, 2pm

  • Viewing

    8 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    9 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    10 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    11 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    12 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    13 Apr, 10am – 5pm

  • Contact

    Will Russell
    wrussell@christies.com
    +1 212 636 2525






  • Old Masters: Part I

  • Auction

    20 Rockefeller Plaza
    New York, New York

    14 Apr, 10am

  • Viewing

    8 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    9 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    10 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    11 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    12 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    13 Apr, 10am – 12pm

  • Contact

    François de Poortere
    fdepoortere@christies.com
    +1 212 636 2469

    Alexa Armstrong
    aarmstrong@christies.com
    +1 212 468 7143



  • An Inquiring Mind: American Collecting of Japanese and Korean Art

  • Auction

    20 Rockefeller Plaza
    New York, New York

    15 Apr, 10am

  • Viewing

    8 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    9 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    10 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    11 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    12 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    13 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    14 Apr, 10am – 5pm

  • Contact

    Takaaki Murakami
    tmurakami@christies.com
    +1 212 636 2158



 

  • Exceptional Sale

  • Auction

    20 Rockefeller Plaza
    New York, New York

    13 Apr, 11am

  • Viewing

    8 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    9 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    10 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    11 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    12 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    13 Apr, 10am – 11am

  • Contact

    Becky MacGuire
    bmacguire@christies.com
    +1 212 636 2211




  • Revolution

  • Auction

    20 Rockefeller Plaza
    New York, New York

    13 Apr, 5pm

  • Viewing

    8 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    9 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    10 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    11 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    12 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    13 Apr, 10am – 12pm

  • Contact

    Alan Wintermute
    awintermute@christies.com
    +1 212 636 2231

    Diana Friedman
    difriedman@christies.com
    +1 212 468 7169



  • Old Masters: Part II

  • Auction

    20 Rockefeller Plaza
    New York, New York

    14 Apr, 2pm

  • Viewing

    8 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    9 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    10 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    11 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    12 Apr, 10am – 5pm
    13 Apr, 10am – 12pm

  • Contact

    François de Poortere
    fdepoortere@christies.com
    +1 212 636 2469

    Alexa Armstrong
    aarmstrong@christies.com
    +1 212 468 7143



Highlights on view

  • Classic Week in London

  • Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), Lot and his Daughters. Estimate on request


    One of the most important paintings by Sir Peter Paul Rubens to have remained in private hands, Lot and his Daughters will tour New York and Hong Kong, before coming to London on 7 July.

    Find out more

  • Viewing

    New York
    20 Rockefeller Plaza
    New York, New York
    8 – 13 April

    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
    No. 1 Harbour Road, Wanchai
    Hong Kong
    26 – 30 May

    London, King Street
    8 King Street
    London SW1Y 6QT
    2 – 7 July

  • Auction

    Old Master Paintings Evening Sale
    London, King Street
    7 July, 7pm

  • Contact

    Paul Raison
    praison@christies.com
    +44 (0) 7798 678 661

    Henry Pettifer
    hpettifer@christies.com
    +44 (0) 20 7389 2084



  • Fifty Prints by Rembrandt van Rijn: A Private English Collection


    Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, The Woman with the Arrow. Estimate: £150,000–250,000

  • Viewing

    New York
    20 Rockefeller Plaza
    New York, New York
    8–15 April

  • Auction

    Fifty Prints by Rembrandt van Rijn: A Private English Collection
    London, King Street
    5 July, 1:30pm

  • Contact

    Tim Schmelcher
    tschmelcher@christies.com
    +44 (0) 20 7389 2268