Artemisia Gentileschi Paintings from Banking Heir’s Collection Head to Auction

With prices for Artemisia Gentileschi continuing to rise, two paintings by the Italian 17th-century painter Artemisia Gentileschi are coming to auction at Sotheby’s New York. Both will appear in an Old Masters auction on Thursday, and both are secured with a financial guarantee.
The paintings are from the collection of Jacob (Jacqui) E. Safra, heir of a Syrian Lebanese-Swiss banking fortune. They are expected to collectively fetch an estimated $3.8 million–$5.5 million.
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