Anton Raphael Mengs
Saint John The Baptist In The Desert
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 32.500 GBP
Price realised: 32.500 GBP
Description
Anton Raphael Mengs
ÚSTI NAD LABEM, BOHEMIA (CZECH REPUBLIC) 1728 - 1779 ROME
SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST IN THE DESERT
oil on walnut panel
34.5 by 47 cm.;13 1/2 by 18 1/2 in.
Probably commissioned by Augustus III of Poland, Elector of Saxony (1696-1763), Dresden; | Never given to the above by the artist but donated to his friend Cardinal Alberico Archinto (1698-1758); | By inheritance to Lt-General Marquis Antonio Giorgio Clerici (1715-1768), Milan; | By desent to his daughter Countess Claudia Clerici Biglia (died 1822); | Private Collection, Italy.
ÚSTI NAD LABEM, BOHEMIA (CZECH REPUBLIC) 1728 - 1779 ROME
SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST IN THE DESERT
oil on walnut panel
34.5 by 47 cm.;13 1/2 by 18 1/2 in.
Probably commissioned by Augustus III of Poland, Elector of Saxony (1696-1763), Dresden; | Never given to the above by the artist but donated to his friend Cardinal Alberico Archinto (1698-1758); | By inheritance to Lt-General Marquis Antonio Giorgio Clerici (1715-1768), Milan; | By desent to his daughter Countess Claudia Clerici Biglia (died 1822); | Private Collection, Italy.
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
In July 2013 Sothebys in London held the auction Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale, which included the work Saint John The Baptist In The Desert by Anton Raphael Mengs. Here, the upper estimate of GBP 30,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for GBP 32,500.00 (€ 37,136.91). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Anton Raphael Mengs achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Portrait of Friedrich Christian, Prince of Saxony (1722-1763), three-quarter-length, in armour, with an ermine lined mantle and the sash and star of the Order of the White Eagle in July last year with an auction result of GBP 475,000.00 (€ 567,234.37).
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Im Juli 2013 führte Sothebys in London die Auktion Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit Saint John The Baptist In The Desert von Anton Raphael Mengs zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von GBP 30.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für GBP 32.500,00 (€ 37.136,91) einen neuen Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Anton Raphael Mengs erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Portrait of Friedrich Christian, Prince of Saxony (1722-1763), three-quarter-length, in armour, with an ermine lined mantle and the sash and star of the Order of the White Eagle im Juli letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 475.000,00 (€ 567.234,37).
Anton Raphael Mengs - Auction history
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