Alexandre Cabanel
French La Naissance De Vénus
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 USD
Price realised: 175.000 USD
Price realised: 175.000 USD
Description
Alexandre Cabanel
1823 - 1889
FRENCHLA NAISSANCE DE VÉNUS
signed ALEX. CABANEL (lower left); inscribed a mon ami Emilie Pacini and signed A Cabanel (on the reverse)
oil on panel
9 1/2 by 17 3/8 in.; 24.1 by 44.1 cm
Émilie-Thérèse Paton, Paris (née Pacini, according to an inscription on the reverse) | Léon Comerre and Jacqueline Comerre-Paton (by descent from the above, her mother) | Denise Lion-Comerre (by descent from the above, her grandparents, and sold, Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, February 3, 2003, lot 318, illustrated) | Acquired at the above sale
1823 - 1889
FRENCHLA NAISSANCE DE VÉNUS
signed ALEX. CABANEL (lower left); inscribed a mon ami Emilie Pacini and signed A Cabanel (on the reverse)
oil on panel
9 1/2 by 17 3/8 in.; 24.1 by 44.1 cm
Émilie-Thérèse Paton, Paris (née Pacini, according to an inscription on the reverse) | Léon Comerre and Jacqueline Comerre-Paton (by descent from the above, her mother) | Denise Lion-Comerre (by descent from the above, her grandparents, and sold, Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, February 3, 2003, lot 318, illustrated) | Acquired at the above sale
Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price
When the work French La Naissance De Vénus by Alexandre Cabanel was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in February 2019, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 30,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than five times as high at USD 175,000.00 (€ 153,792.07). Admittedly, works by Alexandre Cabanel have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work The Birth of Venus in October 2002 with an auction result of USD 834,500.00 (€ 844,550.15).
Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit French La Naissance De Vénus von Alexandre Cabanel im Februar 2019 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 30.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 175.000,00 (€ 153.792,07) mehr als fünfmal so hoch. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Alexandre Cabanel auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit The Birth of Venus im Oktober 2002 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 834.500,00 (€ 844.550,15).
Alexandre Cabanel - Auction history
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