Annibale Carracci
The Madonna and Sleeping Child with the Infant Baptist (‘Il Silenzio’)
Found at
Christies,
London
Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours including a Fine Collection of Old Master Prints, Lot 6
6. Jul - 6. Jul 2021
Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours including a Fine Collection of Old Master Prints, Lot 6
6. Jul - 6. Jul 2021
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 GBP
Price realised: 93.750 GBP
Price realised: 93.750 GBP
Description
Annibale Carracci (Bologna 1560-1609 Rome)
The Madonna and Sleeping Child with the Infant Baptist (‘Il Silenzio’)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, with ink number ‘1086’ lower right, watermark figure inscribed in a circle
4 5/8 x 6 5/8 in. (12.7 x 16.8 cm)
- Duke of Alva, Spain. | Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), London (L. 2445). | Samuel Woodburn (1786-1853), London (L. 2584). | Lord Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere (1800-1857), London (L. 2710b); by descent to | John Egerton, 6th Duke of Sutherland (1915-2000); Sotheby’s, London, 11 July 1972, lot 59. | with C.G. Boerner, Düsseldorf. | Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, acquired 1976; Sotheby’s, London, 6 July 1987, lot 2.
The Madonna and Sleeping Child with the Infant Baptist (‘Il Silenzio’)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, with ink number ‘1086’ lower right, watermark figure inscribed in a circle
4 5/8 x 6 5/8 in. (12.7 x 16.8 cm)
- Duke of Alva, Spain. | Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), London (L. 2445). | Samuel Woodburn (1786-1853), London (L. 2584). | Lord Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere (1800-1857), London (L. 2710b); by descent to | John Egerton, 6th Duke of Sutherland (1915-2000); Sotheby’s, London, 11 July 1972, lot 59. | with C.G. Boerner, Düsseldorf. | Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, acquired 1976; Sotheby’s, London, 6 July 1987, lot 2.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by Annibale Carracci achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in July 2021. In the Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours including a Fine Collection of Old Master Prints auction, the work The Madonna and Sleeping Child with the Infant Baptist (‘Il Silenzio’) sold for GBP 93,750.00 (€ 109,941.31) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 50,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Annibale Carracci achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Madonna And Child With Saint Lucy And The Young Saint John The Baptist in May 2019 with an auction result of USD 6,063,500.00 (€ 5,438,604.36).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Annibale Carracci erzielte im Juli 2021 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours including a Fine Collection of Old Master Prints wurde die Arbeit The Madonna and Sleeping Child with the Infant Baptist (‘Il Silenzio’) für GBP 93.750,00 (€ 109.941,31) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 50.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Annibale Carracci erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Madonna And Child With Saint Lucy And The Young Saint John The Baptist im Mai 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 6.063.500,00 (€ 5.438.604,36).
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