Ambrosius Benson
Mary Magdalene holding an ointment jar
Estimate: 500.000 - 700.000 USD
Price realised: 1.956.000 USD
Price realised: 1.956.000 USD
Description
Property from a Distinguished East Coast Collection
Ambrosius Benson
Lombardy (?) late 15th century - before 1550 Bruges
Mary Magdalene holding an ointment jar
oil on panel
panel: 27 by 19 1/2 in.; 68.6 by 49.5 cm.
framed: 37 by 30 in.; 94 by 76.2 cm.
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知名美國東岸收藏 安博休斯・本森
Melzi collection; | Marquis of Varese, Milan; | With Fleischmann, Munich, about 1930; | Édouard Jonas, New York, 1931; | Dr. Alfred M. Frankfurter, New York; | E.J. Magnin, New York; | Richman Proskauer, New York; | Thence by descent and acquired by the present collector, May 1994.
Ambrosius Benson
Lombardy (?) late 15th century - before 1550 Bruges
Mary Magdalene holding an ointment jar
oil on panel
panel: 27 by 19 1/2 in.; 68.6 by 49.5 cm.
framed: 37 by 30 in.; 94 by 76.2 cm.
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知名美國東岸收藏 安博休斯・本森
Melzi collection; | Marquis of Varese, Milan; | With Fleischmann, Munich, about 1930; | Édouard Jonas, New York, 1931; | Dr. Alfred M. Frankfurter, New York; | E.J. Magnin, New York; | Richman Proskauer, New York; | Thence by descent and acquired by the present collector, May 1994.
A top price for Ambrosius Benson
This artwork by Ambrosius Benson achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in January last year. In the Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I auction, the work Mary Magdalene holding an ointment jar sold for USD 1,956,000.00 (€ 1,744,559.40) - well above the upper estimate of USD 700,000.00. This high result makes Mary Magdalene holding an ointment jar the most expensive artwork by Ambrosius Benson that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Ambrosius Benson
Dieses Kunstwerk von Ambrosius Benson erzielte im Januar letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I wurde die Arbeit Mary Magdalene holding an ointment jar für USD 1.956.000,00 (€ 1.744.559,40) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 700.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Mary Magdalene holding an ointment jar zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Ambrosius Benson, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Ambrosius Benson - Auction history
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