Lot ILeonardo da Vinci, 1452–1519
Vitruvian Man
c. 1490 · Pen and ink on paper · Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
The human body measured against the circle and the square — the proportions of the Roman architect Vitruvius, tested by hand.
A private collection · Lots I–VI
The Art Dealer
Masterpieces from Leonardo to Van Gogh — to be worn, not hung.
Chapter II · The Credo
There’s no Earth without Art.
- Every masterpiece tells a story.
- Every line holds emotion.
- Every perspective reveals truth.
Art transcends generations, because every one of us meets it through our own experience.
Chapter III
The masters on the walls
Painted letters: Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night, 1889 (The Museum of Modern Art); Leonardo da Vinci, Vitruvian Man, c. 1490 (Gallerie dell’Accademia). Both public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Chapter IV · The Sale
The Lots
6 pieces on view. Hover a frame to look closer.
Lot IIVincent van Gogh, 1853–1890
The Starry Night
June 1889 · Oil on canvas · The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Painted from his window at Saint-Rémy before sunrise. The sky on the front; the painter himself on the back.
Lot IIISigned AH
Blessed Mother Mary
The Madonna and Child in a field of flowers — mother and son, unhurried, in summer light.
Lot IVAfter Pablo Picasso, 1881–1973
Minimal Cubism
A face in one unbroken line, in homage to the painter who founded Cubism with Georges Braque.
Lot VThe Posh Specter
Mother E(ART)H
There's no Earth without Art: the world engraved with a woman's face in its clouds.
Lot VIThe Posh Specter
C'est la Vibe
A lone figure inside a wireframe world — the Vitruvian question, asked again.
Finale