Great Dane leads the way at £1.5m
Sotheby’s latest sale of European Paintings in London proved a seminal event for the work of Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916) as five paintings by the Danish painter topped the sale, led by a record price at auction for both the artist and any Danish work of art.
The five works sold for a combined £3.69m on June 11, topped by Ida Reading a Letter, shown here, wh…