Christie's escaped trial for error in the attribution of Titian

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Auction house Christie's managed to come to an agreement with the former owners of paintings by Titian's Salome with the head of John the Baptist, lost millions of dollars because of admitted errors by the experts at home, reports The Daily Telegraph. The experts were wrong in the attribution of paintings at its sale in 1994, resulting in the canvas was sold much cheaper than the true value.

The painting was found brother and sister, David Dixon and Susan Priestley in his parents' house about 20 years ago. Experts of the auction house Christie's felt that the work that were at that time in very bad condition, was painted by a disciple of Titian and does not represent great value. In 1994, the painting was sold at Christie's auction for 12 thousand dollars.

In 2001, the painting became a Milanese collector Kelliker Luigi (Luigi Koelliker). Following the restoration of paintings, he declared it a genuine masterpiece of Titian, in his time belonged to the King of England Charles I.

David Dixon and Susan Priestley learned about the real value of cloth, just seeing him on one show in 2004, along with other works by Titian, and then filed a lawsuit against Christie's for negligent and incompetent evaluation and attribution of "Salome." The trial was scheduled for February 24, but the parties still managed to come to an agreement whose details are unknown.

In accordance with the assessment of experts Sotheby's, the picture belongs to the late works of Venetian masters and was written by them in the 70 years of the XVI century. However, according to the director of the National Galleries of Scotland funds Aidan Weston-Lewis (Aidan Weston-Lewis), attribution of the painting remains a matter of much debate. In the later period of Titian often painted together with his disciples. Nevertheless, most experts agree that the bulk of the work on a masterpiece all the same was done by a master, not his students, as well as X-ray studies show the data track.

In 2009 the painting was exhibited for sale by auction house Sotheby's in New York. Its starting price was four million dollars, but the buyer is not found.

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