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Alesso Di Benozzo
Madonna And Child Before A Cloth-Of-Honour Held Aloft By Two Angels
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 GBP
Price realised: 118.750 GBP
Price realised: 118.750 GBP
Description
Alesso di Benozzo ('Maestro Esiguo')
ACTIVE IN FLORENCE AND PISTOIA AT THE END OF THE 15TH CENTURY
MADONNA AND CHILD BEFORE A CLOTH-OF-HONOUR HELD ALOFT BY TWO ANGELS
tempera on panel, unframed
33.8 by 24.6 cm.; 13 1/4 by 9 3/4 in.
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 23 November 1962, lot 113 (as Bartolommeo Caporali), for 1,600 guineas to Braswell; | Anonymous sale, Rome, Finarte Casa d'Aste, 2 December 1974, lot 78 (as School of Benozzo Gozzoli), for ITL 13m.
ACTIVE IN FLORENCE AND PISTOIA AT THE END OF THE 15TH CENTURY
MADONNA AND CHILD BEFORE A CLOTH-OF-HONOUR HELD ALOFT BY TWO ANGELS
tempera on panel, unframed
33.8 by 24.6 cm.; 13 1/4 by 9 3/4 in.
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 23 November 1962, lot 113 (as Bartolommeo Caporali), for 1,600 guineas to Braswell; | Anonymous sale, Rome, Finarte Casa d'Aste, 2 December 1974, lot 78 (as School of Benozzo Gozzoli), for ITL 13m.
A top price for Alesso di Benozzo
In December 2015 Sothebys in London held the auction Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale, which included the work Madonna And Child Before A Cloth-Of-Honour Held Aloft By Two Angels by Alesso di Benozzo. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 118,750.00 (€ 161,256.79), 48% above the upper estimate. With this result, Madonna And Child Before A Cloth-Of-Honour Held Aloft By Two Angels is even the most expensive work of art by Alesso di Benozzo that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Alesso di Benozzo
Im Dezember 2015 führte Sothebys in London die Auktion Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit Madonna And Child Before A Cloth-Of-Honour Held Aloft By Two Angels von Alesso di Benozzo zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 118.750,00 (€ 161.256,79) und damit 48% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Madonna And Child Before A Cloth-Of-Honour Held Aloft By Two Angels sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Alesso di Benozzo, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.