Agostino Carracci
A Seated Bearded Male Nude Supporting His Head With His Right Hand
Estimate: 35.000 - 45.000 GBP
Price realised: 125.000 GBP
Price realised: 125.000 GBP
Description
Agostino Carracci
BOLOGNA 1557 - 1602 PARMA
A SEATED BEARDED MALE NUDE SUPPORTING HIS HEAD WITH HIS RIGHT HAND
Pen and brown ink and touches of brown wash below the right foot;
bears old numbering in pen and ink on the backing sheet: 33
291 by 158 mm
Sale, Paris, Thierry de Maigret, 8 December 2006, lot 66 (as Italian 17th Century); | with Jean-Luc Baroni, London, | from whom acquired by the present owner
BOLOGNA 1557 - 1602 PARMA
A SEATED BEARDED MALE NUDE SUPPORTING HIS HEAD WITH HIS RIGHT HAND
Pen and brown ink and touches of brown wash below the right foot;
bears old numbering in pen and ink on the backing sheet: 33
291 by 158 mm
Sale, Paris, Thierry de Maigret, 8 December 2006, lot 66 (as Italian 17th Century); | with Jean-Luc Baroni, London, | from whom acquired by the present owner
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Agostino Carracci achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in July 2019. In the Old Master & British Works on Paper auction, the work A Seated Bearded Male Nude Supporting His Head With His Right Hand sold for GBP 125,000.00 (€ 137,241.69) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 45,000.00. Admittedly, works by Agostino Carracci have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Portrait Of Olimpia Luna As Judith And Melchiorre Zoppio As Holofernes in January 2014 with an auction result of USD 869,000.00 (€ 643,703.70).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Agostino Carracci erzielte im Juli 2019 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master & British Works on Paper wurde die Arbeit A Seated Bearded Male Nude Supporting His Head With His Right Hand für GBP 125.000,00 (€ 137.241,69) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 45.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Agostino Carracci auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Portrait Of Olimpia Luna As Judith And Melchiorre Zoppio As Holofernes im Januar 2014 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 869.000,00 (€ 643.703,70).
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