Joseph Wright of Derby academy scene among leading lights at Sotheby’s Old Master auction
Sotheby’s is offering a fine painting by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-97) at its Old Master evening sale in December. It comes to auction with an unbroken provenance going back well over a century and is estimated at £2.5m-3.5m.
The first key lot to be announced in the upcoming London auction series, An Academy by Lamplight fr…