Dr. Anke Charlotte Held Art Consulting & Expertise

As art historian with more than 20 years’ ample experience in the international art market, I became in 2021 an independent art expert and a member of the Belgian Association of Art Experts. Previously, I have been Senior Specialist for Old Masters at Christie’s for 10 years. I have published about south German baroque painting, and about Georg Philipp Rugendas in particular. Throughout my career, I have gained a profound knowledge of paintings from 1400 to 1900 and developed a great network of collectors, curators and scholars as well as strong institutional ties. I am based in Belgium and South Germany but open to act internationally. My ambition is to advise private collectors, public institutions, art galleries and insurance companies on old master paintings by taking a relevant role in the procedure of researching, valuating, buying, selling and doing inventories. My expertise comes with my passion about art which was always the source of my persuasiveness and my negotiation skills as business getter which made me to a highly motivated ambassador for the companies I’ve been working for.