Alexandre Cabanel
La Belle Portia
Estimate: 150.000 - 200.000 USD
Price realised: 162.500 USD
Price realised: 162.500 USD
Description
ALEXANDRE CABANEL
French
1823 - 1889
LA BELLE PORTIA
signed ALEX. CABANEL. and dated 1886 (lower right)
oil on canvas
52 by 36⅛ in.
132.1 by 91.8 cm
William Schaus, New York (before 1910) | Mrs. A. Tabin, Evanston, Illinois | Sale: Chicago Art Galleries, May 4-5, 1947 | Private Collection (acquired at the above sale and sold, Shapiro Auctions, New York, May 21, 2016, lot 545, illustrated, as Portia and the Caskets, Scene from the Merchant of Venice) | Acquired at the above sale
French
1823 - 1889
LA BELLE PORTIA
signed ALEX. CABANEL. and dated 1886 (lower right)
oil on canvas
52 by 36⅛ in.
132.1 by 91.8 cm
William Schaus, New York (before 1910) | Mrs. A. Tabin, Evanston, Illinois | Sale: Chicago Art Galleries, May 4-5, 1947 | Private Collection (acquired at the above sale and sold, Shapiro Auctions, New York, May 21, 2016, lot 545, illustrated, as Portia and the Caskets, Scene from the Merchant of Venice) | Acquired at the above sale
Auction result well in line with expectations
In May 2019 Sothebys in New York held the auction 19th Century European Art, which included the work La Belle Portia by Alexandre Cabanel. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 150,000.00 – 200,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 162,500.00 (€ 145,752.98) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. 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).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Mai 2019 führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion 19th Century European Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit La Belle Portia von Alexandre Cabanel zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 150.000,00 – 200.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 162.500,00 (€ 145.752,98) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. 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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