Richard Knight

Co-Chairman
London, King Street

Richard Knight began his career working as a picture cataloguer with Phillips Auctioneers in 1970. From 1973 until 1984 he worked as an independent art dealer but devoted much of his time to studying and practising the conservation of paintings, latterly from offices and a studio in New Bond Street, London W1. In 1984 he was appointed a director of P&D Colnaghi & Co. Ltd, 14 Old Bond Street, London W1. In 1986 he was appointed Joint Managing Director with responsibility for the London, New York and Paris galleries. In 1996 he joined forces with Nicholas Hall (President, Colnaghi USA) and they formed the art dealing business, Hall & Knight Ltd, operating in London and New York. In 2004 Christie’s acquired their companies and appointed them Joint International Directors in the Old Master Picture Department. They served by rotation on The Board of Christie’s. In January 2012, Knight was appointed Co-Chairman of Old Masters and 19th Century Art. Richard Knight has formerly served on the Executive Committee of the Society of London Art Dealers (two terms) and also served twice as Joint Chairman of the Executive Committee of the European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF Maastricht).

Benjamin Peronnet

International Department Head
London, King Street

Benjamin Peronnet is responsible for Christie’s sales of Old Master Drawings, working closely with specialists in salerooms worldwide. Prior to joining Christie's in January 2006, Benjamin spent six years working with the distinguished art historian Pierre Rosenberg, Honorary President of the Louvre. He has written extensively on French and Italian drawings in a variety of publications, and has contributed to catalogues for a number of exhibitions in Europe and North America, most recently Drawings from Weimar which toured to the Frick Collection in New York and the Musee Jacquemart-André in Paris (opened March 2006). Benjamin also led and oversaw all French projects for the Provenance Index at the Getty Research Institute in California. More recently, Benjamin was responsible for bringing to auction three rediscovered drawings by Francisco Goya in July 2008, which sold for a total of over £4 million.

Sarah Vowles

Associate Specialist
London, King Street

Anna Covatta

Administrator
New York, Rockefeller Center

Andrea Rico

Sale Coordinator
New York, Rockefeller Center

Jennifer Wright

Head of Sale
New York, Rockefeller Center

Jennifer Wright is the specialist for Old Master Drawings in New York, where she is responsible for the annual January sale of Old Master and 19th Century Drawings. Jennifer has over 10 years experience working in the art market. Prior to joining Christie's, Jennifer worked as a research assistant at the Pierpont Morgan Library where she worked on the collection catalogue of the library's French drawings. Jennifer was previously Gallery Director at a New York drawings and prints gallery, where she organised gallery and fair exhibitions as well as catalogue productions. Jennifer earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History at Georgetown University and a Master of Arts degree from New York University's Institute of Fine Art.

Ketty Gottardo

Paris

Ketty Gottardo is the Department Director of the Old Master Drawings department in Paris, and is responsible for its twice-yearly sales. Before joining Christie's in November 2007, Ketty worked in the Old Master Paintings and Drawings department at the Victoria & Albert Museum, and the Prints and Drawings department at the British Museum. After studying Art History in Italy, Ketty began her international career in Paris, at the Louvre Museum, where she collaborated to update the online catalogue of Tuscan drawings. From there she moved to L.A. where she worked as an Assistant Curator in the Drawings department at the J. Paul Getty Museum, organising the exhibition Michelangelo to Vasari. Drawings from the Getty. Ketty's published research has been primarily focused on Italian drawings in general, and Venetian subjects in particular.

Hélène Rihal

Junior Specialist
Paris

Pascal Baumgartner

Regional Liaison
Zürich