Object lessons: from a pint-sized El Greco to a Turkish bokche

El Greco, The Entombment of Christ (1570s)Old Master Paintings, Part I, Christie’s, New York, 14 April
Est $4m-$6m
Traditionally held in January, Christie’s Old Master sales in New York now form part of the auction house’s first springtime Classic Art Week (12-14 April). Among the highlights is this diminutive depiction of the entombment of Christ by Domenikos Theotokopoulos, better known as El Greco (1541-1614), which has been consigned from a London collection. The oil on pa