El Greco, Batoni, Dürer Works to Be Auctioned in New York

Paintings by El Greco and Pompeo Girolamo Batoni will lead sales of old master works in a slew of high-profile sales at major auctions houses in New York in late January.

“An Idealized View of the Roman Forum, with the Restoration of the Temple of Castor and Pollux, and the Colosseum and the Arch of Titus in the Background,” by Italian painter Gian Paolo Panini (1691–1765), estimated at $250,000 to $350,000. Courtesy of Sotheby’s