The one dedicated to Old Master Paintings and Drawings is one of the most important and historical departments within Cambi Auction House.
Internationally recognized as an important point of reference for Italian and foreign collectors, the department of Antique Paintings aims to devote the utmost care and seriousness in the research and enhancement of unpublished or published works, making available to clients a great expertise in the field, matured by our experts and esteemed art historians in years of work in the field and study.
A wide and varied selection of works, both Italian and European in scope, is always presented within the antique painting catalogs, with the quality of the paintings presented, the rarity of the subjects and artists proposed and a good provenance as the essential criteria of choice, thus meeting the demands of even the most demanding collectors and amateurs.
Leafing through the pages of our catalogs, one can find works ranging from the fourteenth century to the late eighteenth century, such as precious paintings with a gold background from the Gothic period, important panels dating back to the Renaissance, and spectacular canvases, the work of some of the most important protagonists of Mannerism and Baroque at the international level, up to the highest peaks of neoclassical production.
In addition to offering advice in the field of painting on different media (such as panel, canvas, copper, glass or stone), the Department of Old Master Paintings also pays special attention to graphic production, offering interesting nuclei of drawings and studies on paper, dating back to different periods and made in black pencil, sanguine, pastel or watercolor.
Moreover, Cambi Auction House has always reserved particular relevance to Genoese pictorial production, exhibiting within the halls of its historic headquarters in Castello MacKenzie some of the masterpieces of the 17th and 18th centuries, among which stand out the names of great artists of the caliber of Luca Cambiaso, Giovanni Battista Paggi, Bernardo Castello, Domenico Fiasella, Bernardo Strozzi, Gregorio De Ferrari, Antonio Tavella, Antonio Travi, Domenico Piola, Gioacchino Assereto and Valerio Castello.
We recall some of the most important examples of ancient paintings adjudicated in our recent sales including Rubens' Dying Seneca, sold for €574,100, the pair of paintings by Panini adjudicated for €393,000, but also Giorgio Vasari'sAllegory of Autumn, a work sold for €150,100. Excellent adjudications were also achieved for antique paintings by Italian painters such as Giovanni Serodine, with his Saint Jerome, adjudicated for €334,100, Sandro Botticelli for his Madonna and Child, sold for €310,000.
In terms of sales, the Department of Old Master Paintings and Drawings closes the year 2023 with sales over 4.1 million. Top lots for 2023 include Jan Brueghel I called of the Velvets (1568 Brussels - 1625 Antwerp) and Joos De Momper the Younger (1564 Antwerp - 1635 Antwerp), attributed to, Winter Landscape with Skaters. Sold for 162,600 euros (estimate: 20,000 to 25,000 euros). Top adjudications also include Maestro di Marradi, Procession of the Magi, oil on panel, 72x55 cm. Sold at: 137,600 euros (Estimate: 20,000 - 25,000 euros) and by Giulio Cesare Procaccini, Holy Family with St. John, oil on canvas. Sold for 122,600 euros (Estimate: 50,000 - 60,000 euros).
Our experts are available to evaluate the paintings in your possession free of charge; contact us for more information.
Department Auctions
1118
Live auction
Fine Art Selection
wed 20 May 2026
1115
Live auction
Ancient Drawings and Paintings
thu 11 December 2025
1090
Time auction
Old Master Paintings
wed 5 - thu 20 November 2025
1079
Time auction
Old Masters Paintings
fri 5 - mon 22 September 2025
1034
Live auction
Old Masters
thu 26 June 2025
The Best Awards
olio su tela, cm 59x50,5. “Le opere antiche costituiscono un paradigma imprescindibile per l’artista, in quanto sono più vicine alla natura primigene [..]
€ 574.100,00
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Paolo Schiavo Battista di Gerio (Pisa 1350 - 1420) L'albero di Jesse
tempera su tavola, cm 100x67
€ 442.100,00
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Rosalba Carriera
Ritratto di dama con fiori
entro ricca cornice in legno intagliato e dorato reca al retro etichet [..]
€ 436.100,00
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Giovanni Serodine (Ascona 1600 - Roma 1630) San Gerolamo
olio su tela, cm 63x48
€ 334.100,00
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Elisabeth Vigèe Le Brun (Parigi 1755 - Louvenciennes 1842) Ritratto di [..]
pastello su carta, cm 75x64,5 entro cornice dorata
€ 322.100,00
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Sandro Botticelli (Firenze 1445-1510), cerchia di (Luca di Fruosino at [..]
olio su tavola, cm 81x55, in cornice a tempietto antica
€ 310.100,00
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Jan Sanders van Hemessen (Hemiksem 1500 - Haarlem 1566), attribuito a [..]
olio su tavola, cm 62x46, reca monogramma apocrifo AD
€ 262.100,00
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Gaetano Gandolfi
Giovane donna abbigliata come Minerva
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€ 212.600,00
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Alessandro Tiarini
Musa Clio (Allegoria della Storia)
€ 193.850,00
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Gaetano Gandolfi
Busto di fanciulla di tre quarti, con i capelli raccolti
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€ 187.600,00
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Mattia Preti
Susanna e i vecchioni
€ 187.600,00
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Juan Dò (Jativa 1604 - Napoli 1656), già Maestro dell'Annuncio ai past [..]
olio su tela, cm 125x175
€ 175.100,00
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Jan Brueghel I detto dei Velluti (1568 Bruxelles - 1625 Anversa) e Joo [..]
€ 162.600,00
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Salvator Rosa
Attributed to
San Girolamo nel deserto
€ 157.600,00
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Scuola veneta dell’inizio del XVII secolo Figura di cavaliere di Malta [..]
coppia di dipinti ad olio su tela, cm 148x110
€ 156.350,00
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Viviano Codazzi (Valsassina 1604- Roma 1670) Arrivo a palazzo
olio su tela cm 125x198, in cornice dorataLe architetture ed il paesag [..]
€ 150.100,00
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Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo 1511-Firenze 1574) Allegoria dell’Autunno
olio su tavola, cm 80x80
€ 150.100,00
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Lluís Borrassà
Follower of
San Giovanni Battista e San Giovanni Evangelista
€ 143.850,00
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Maestro di Marradi (documentato in Italia tra il 1498 e il 1513) L'arr [..]
€ 137.600,00
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Luca Giordano
Santippe versa l'acqua sul collo di Socrate
€ 137.600,00
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Jusepe De Ribera detto lo Spagnoletto
Ritratto virile
reca al retro cartiglio con vecchia attribuzione a Crespi
€ 137.000,00
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Giovan Battista Langetti
Suicidio di Catone
€ 125.100,00
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Gioacchino Assereto (Genova 1600-1649) Sacrificio di Isacco
olio su tela, cm 146x111 entro cornice sagomata in legno dorato
€ 122.600,00
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Giulio Cesare Procaccini
Sacra Famiglia con San Giovannino
€ 122.600,00
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Gioacchino Assereto (Genova 1600-1649) Isacco benedice Giacobbe
olio su tela, cm 108x149
€ 120.100,00
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