Frances Howard

LONDON -- Art buyers rarely yearned for Old Masters as intensely as they appeared to do this week. Sadly, auction houses never had so few desirable pictures to offer them. The bidders' eagerness was reflected in surprising world records set for works that would hardly have caused such a sensation only a decade ago. At Christie's Tuesday sale, the

Die selbe Provenienz hatte auch das „Portrait of Frances Howard, Countess of Hertford“ von Marcus Gheeraerts II. aus dem Jahr 1611, das sich mit 1,5 Millionen Pfund ebenfalls auf der Auktionsrekordliste fand (Taxe 1 bis 1,5 Millionen GBP)