Lionello Spada's oil painting “Samson and Delilah” caused a surprise at Van Ham's “Fine Art” auction, which took place in Cologne in June during “Classic Week”: the 152 by 193 centimeter scene was estimated at 50,000 to 80,000 euros as a top lot at the start: An Italian collector was only able to get the painting, which was recently ascribed to the Bolognese artist, for 210,000 euros. Jacob Ochtervelt's “Letters Reader”, which was sold for 125,000 euros (estimate 20,000 / 25,000), and Hermann Herzog's “Forest Landscape in Florida”, which increased its tax rate tenfold with a surcharge of 50,000 euros (5000/8000), also increased significantly. "Maria Magdalena in ecstasy", a favorite subject of Artemisia Gentileschi, painted the baroque artist,assisted by her collaborator Onofrio Palumbo, around 1645/50; the penitent succeeded in the upper estimate of 40,000 euros (30,000 / 40,000). Artemisia's contemporary Sofonisba Anguissola delivered a small wooden table fresh from the market with an elegant portrait of a boy, which brought in its upper tax of 45,000 euros (35,000 / 45,000). A fine still life with fruits and nuts by Emilie Preyer only moved to a Belgian collection at 40,000 euros (20,000 / 25,000). Carl Spitzweg's lovely genre painting “The laundry place in front of the small town” from 1879 remained at 50,000 euros (50,000 / 70,000); Friedrich Kallmorning's cute children's group, which plays on the high bank of the Elbe near Lauenburg, only came to 25,000 euros (30,000 / 40,000). The turnover of the "Fine Art" auction with 282 lots was 2.1 million euros, compared to an expectation of 820,000 euros.around 1645/50; the penitent succeeded in the upper estimate of 40,000 euros (30,000 / 40,000). Artemisia's contemporary Sofonisba Anguissola delivered a small wooden table fresh from the market with an elegant portrait of a boy, which brought in its upper tax of 45,000 euros (35,000 / 45,000). A fine still life with fruits and nuts by Emilie Preyer only moved to a Belgian collection at 40,000 euros (20,000 / 25,000). Carl Spitzweg's lovely genre painting “The laundry place in front of the small town” from 1879 remained at 50,000 euros (50,000 / 70,000); Friedrich Kallmorning's cute children's group, which plays on the high bank of the Elbe near Lauenburg, only came to 25,000 euros (30,000 / 40,000). The turnover of the "Fine Art" auction with 282 lots was 2.1 million euros, compared to an expectation of 820,000 euros.around 1645/50; the penitent succeeded in the upper estimate of 40,000 euros (30,000 / 40,000). Artemisia's contemporary Sofonisba Anguissola delivered a small wooden table fresh from the market with an elegant portrait of a boy, which brought in its upper tax of 45,000 euros (35,000 / 45,000). A fine still life with fruits and nuts by Emilie Preyer only moved to a Belgian collection at 40,000 euros (20,000 / 25,000). Carl Spitzweg's lovely genre painting “The laundry place in front of the small town” from 1879 remained at 50,000 euros (50,000 / 70,000); Friedrich Kallmorning's cute children's group, which plays on the high bank of the Elbe near Lauenburg, only came to 25,000 euros (30,000 / 40,000). The turnover of the "Fine Art" auction with 282 lots was 2.1 million euros, compared to an expectation of 820,000 euros.000 / 40,000). Artemisia's contemporary Sofonisba Anguissola delivered a small wooden table fresh from the market with an elegant portrait of a boy, which brought in its upper tax of 45,000 euros (35,000 / 45,000). A fine still life with fruits and nuts by Emilie Preyer only moved to a Belgian collection at 40,000 euros (20,000 / 25,000). Carl Spitzweg's lovely genre painting “The laundry place in front of the small town” from 1879 remained at 50,000 euros (50,000 / 70,000); Friedrich Kallmorning's cute children's group, which plays on the high bank of the Elbe near Lauenburg, only came to 25,000 euros (30,000 / 40,000). The turnover of the "Fine Art" auction with 282 lots was 2.1 million euros, compared to an expectation of 820,000 euros.000 / 40,000). Artemisia's contemporary Sofonisba Anguissola delivered a small wooden table fresh from the market with an elegant portrait of a boy, which brought in its upper tax of 45,000 euros (35,000 / 45,000). A fine still life with fruits and nuts by Emilie Preyer only moved to a Belgian collection at 40,000 euros (20,000 / 25,000). Carl Spitzweg's lovely genre painting “The laundry place in front of the small town” from 1879 remained at 50,000 euros (50,000 / 70,000); Friedrich Kallmorning's cute children's group, which plays on the high bank of the Elbe near Lauenburg, only came to 25,000 euros (30,000 / 40,000). The turnover of the "Fine Art" auction with 282 lots was 2.1 million euros, compared to an expectation of 820,000 euros.which brought in its upper tax of 45,000 euros (35,000 / 45,000). A fine still life with fruits and nuts by Emilie Preyer only moved to a Belgian collection at 40,000 euros (20,000 / 25,000). Carl Spitzweg's lovely genre painting “The laundry place in front of the small town” from 1879 remained at 50,000 euros (50,000 / 70,000); Friedrich Kallmorning's cute children's group, which plays on the high bank of the Elbe near Lauenburg, only came to 25,000 euros (30,000 / 40,000). The turnover of the "Fine Art" auction with 282 lots was 2.1 million euros, compared to an expectation of 820,000 euros.which brought in its upper tax of 45,000 euros (35,000 / 45,000). A fine still life with fruits and nuts by Emilie Preyer only moved to a Belgian collection at 40,000 euros (20,000 / 25,000). Carl Spitzweg's lovely genre painting “The laundry place in front of the small town” from 1879 remained at 50,000 euros (50,000 / 70,000); Friedrich Kallmorning's cute children's group, which plays on the high bank of the Elbe near Lauenburg, only came to 25,000 euros (30,000 / 40,000). The turnover of the "Fine Art" auction with 282 lots was 2.1 million euros, compared to an expectation of 820,000 euros.Carl Spitzweg's lovely genre painting “The laundry place in front of the small town” from 1879 remained at 50,000 euros (50,000 / 70,000); Friedrich Kallmorning's cute children's group, which plays on the high bank of the Elbe near Lauenburg, only came to 25,000 euros (30,000 / 40,000). The turnover of the "Fine Art" auction with 282 lots was 2.1 million euros, compared to an expectation of 820,000 euros.Carl Spitzweg's lovely genre painting “The laundry place in front of the small town” from 1879 remained at 50,000 euros (50,000 / 70,000); Friedrich Kallmorning's cute children's group, which plays on the high bank of the Elbe near Lauenburg, only came to 25,000 euros (30,000 / 40,000). The turnover of the "Fine Art" auction with 282 lots was 2.1 million euros, compared to an expectation of 820,000 euros.

Modern art kicked off the following “Modern Week”: Paula Modersohn-Becker's “Grazing White Horse in the Moonlight” from 1901 was just under the estimate of 250,000 to 350,000 euros at 220,000 euros, but it nevertheless became the most expensive lot among the 85 Offered. Max Liebermann's “Boy with a Horse on the Beach” and Lovis Corinth's “Odalisque” from 1920, a portrait of his wife Charlotte Berend-Corinth, also fell short of their expectations with 180,000 euros each (200,000 / 300,000 each). Alexej Jawlensky's early still life in bright colors from 1907 was raised well above the estimate of 180,000 euros (100,000 / 120,000) and is now in a private collection in southern Germany. The 48 by 33 centimeterA predominantly pink watercolor with the humorous title “Das Kleine Blau” by Wassily Kandinsky from 1924 was worth 160,000 euros (80,000 / 120,000) to a Berlin collector. Renée Sintenis' “Dancer” is also going to Berlin: the hammer for the 1913 bronze, which is only nineteen centimeters high and which is probably the artist's earliest surviving work, only fell at 43,000 euros (10,000 / 15,000), almost three times the upper tax.

Among the 278 lots with contemporary art, Günther Uecker's market-fresh "Lichtscheibe für Lutz Dresen", which he made especially for the well-known Düsseldorf collector and close friend in 1994, was the top lot with 250,000 euros (200,000 / 300,000). A three-part lead painting in white, turquoise and brown by Günther Förg from 1986 goes to France for 150,000 euros (80,000 / 120,000). Roy Lichtenstein's large color silkscreen “Sweet Dreams, Baby!” Came to 85,000 euros (edition 200; 80,000 / 120,000), while Adrian Ghenie's small painting of an angel in 2002 in the old master style brought it to 60,000 euros (50,000 / 70,000). The transparent water droplets, trademark and motif on the 1973 painting by Tschang-Yeul Kim, doubled their upper estimate at 120,000 euros (40,000 / 60,000).