Auction House Profile
Dorotheum
Central Europe · Founded 1707 · Vienna, Austria
Dorotheum is a major Viennese auction house founded in 1707, specialising across Old Masters, nineteenth-century, modern and contemporary art, works of art, design and decorative arts.
Auction Highlight
Egon Schiele — Crouching Nude, Back View
Created in 1917, during the penultimate year of Egon Schiele's life, Crouching Nude, Back View belongs to a mature phase in which the human body became increasingly central as a formal and expressive subject. Executed in gouache and black crayon on paper, the work was formerly part of the important August and Serena Lederer collection. Offered in Dorotheum's Modern Art evening sale on 18 November 2025, it sold for €3.23 million. The result contributed to the strongest Modern Art auction in Dorotheum's history.
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Founded
1707
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Overview
Founded in Vienna by Emperor Joseph I in 1707, Dorotheum is one of the world's oldest major auction houses and a leading auction house in Central Europe. Based at Palais Dorotheum in central Vienna, it conducts around 700 auctions annually across more than 40 categories supported by approximately 100 specialists. Its major fine-art programme encompasses Old Master and nineteenth-century painting, Modern and Contemporary Art, works on paper, sculpture, photography, design, decorative arts and specialist collections. Dorotheum combines its historic Viennese headquarters with an international network of representative offices across Europe.
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Recent Featured Lot
22 Oct 2026
Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller
(Vienna 1793–1865 Hinterbrühl) Childlike Curiosity, signed, dated Waldmüller 1851, oil on panel, 63 x 50 cm, framed
Estimate: EUR150,000–200,000
19th Century Paintings · Lot 515
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Upcoming Sales (7)
Charity-Wine Auction
Antique Arms, Uniforms & Militaria
Preview: Charity art auction in aid of CS Hospice Rennweg
Auction Archive
Past Sales
Recently completed auctions from Dorotheum. When available, GCR displays the official sale cover or a representative documented lot.
21 Oct 2026
Results processingOld Masters
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Cover image from a representative lot by Luca Giordano · Lot 117
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20 Oct 2026
Results processingFurniture, Works of Art, Glass & Porcelain
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Cover image from a representative lot by Workshop of Francesco Righetti · Lot 1008
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15 Oct 2026
Results processingWatches and men's accessories
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15 Oct 2026
Results processingIconic Photographs of Early NASA Missions
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07 Oct 2026
Results processingWorks from the Essl Private Collection
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Cover image from a representative lot by Hermann Nitsch * · Lot 17
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06 Oct 2026
Results processingModern and Contemporary Prints
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Cover image from a representative lot by Friedensreich Hundertwasser* · Lot 155
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Locations
Vienna
Austria
Headquarters and principal saleroom at Palais Dorotheum
Prague
Czech Republic
International representative office
Brussels
Belgium
International representative office
Munich
Germany
International representative office
Milan
Italy
International representative office
Rome
Italy
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Hamburg
Germany
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Timeline
Emperor Joseph I establishes the institution in Vienna as the Versatz- und Fragamt, an imperial pawn and auction office.
The institution moves to the former Augustinian monastery and Church of Saint Dorothy near the Hofburg; the association with Saint Dorothy gives rise to the name Dorotheum.
The new neo-Baroque Palais Dorotheum, designed by Emil Ritter von Förster, opens on Dorotheergasse under Emperor Franz Joseph I.
Dorotheum becomes privately owned while retaining Palais Dorotheum as its principal Vienna headquarters and auction venue.
Egon Schiele's Crouching Nude, Back View sells for €3.23 million in the Modern Art evening sale, contributing to the strongest Modern Art result in Dorotheum's history.
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