Antonio Senape
An album in marbled boards of 63 drawings of Italy, Greece, Malta and Turkey 25.2 x 38 cm. (9 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.) and smaller, with ten panoramas of 26 x 52.5 cm (10 1/4 x 20 5/8 in.) and two loose mounted drawings, sheets 3 and 4 of a panorama of
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 GBP
Price realised: 19.125 GBP
Price realised: 19.125 GBP
Description
Antonio Senape (Italian, 1788-1850)
An album in marbled boards of 63 drawings of Italy, Greece, Malta and Turkey including Gaeta, Napoli, Chiatamone, Nisida, Pozzuoli (3), Baia, Lago di Averno, Procida and Ischia, Cuma, Ischia (4) Capri, Pompei, Avellino, Villaggio della Cava, Vietri, Salerno, Paestum, Atrani, Amalfi, Palermo (2), Segesta, Girgenti (3), Catania (2), Etna, Siracusa (2), Taormina, Messina, Scilla, Stromboli, Valletta (2), Corfu, Patrasso, Pireus, Athens (4), Micenae (2), Corinth, Aegina, Capo Colonna, Syra, Naxos, Smyrna, Castle of Europa, Gallipoli, Constantinople (4), two castles on the Bosphorus and Entrance to the Black Sea,
all inscribed, the study of Etna dated '24 giugno 1818'
pen and brown and grey ink
25.2 x 38 cm. (9 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.) and smaller, with ten panoramas of 26 x 52.5 cm (10 1/4 x 20 5/8 in.)
With R. Ackermann, Regent St, London | Collection of Col. Malcolm of Poltalloch | With Alfred Scharf, and by descent to the present owner
An album in marbled boards of 63 drawings of Italy, Greece, Malta and Turkey including Gaeta, Napoli, Chiatamone, Nisida, Pozzuoli (3), Baia, Lago di Averno, Procida and Ischia, Cuma, Ischia (4) Capri, Pompei, Avellino, Villaggio della Cava, Vietri, Salerno, Paestum, Atrani, Amalfi, Palermo (2), Segesta, Girgenti (3), Catania (2), Etna, Siracusa (2), Taormina, Messina, Scilla, Stromboli, Valletta (2), Corfu, Patrasso, Pireus, Athens (4), Micenae (2), Corinth, Aegina, Capo Colonna, Syra, Naxos, Smyrna, Castle of Europa, Gallipoli, Constantinople (4), two castles on the Bosphorus and Entrance to the Black Sea,
all inscribed, the study of Etna dated '24 giugno 1818'
pen and brown and grey ink
25.2 x 38 cm. (9 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.) and smaller, with ten panoramas of 26 x 52.5 cm (10 1/4 x 20 5/8 in.)
With R. Ackermann, Regent St, London | Collection of Col. Malcolm of Poltalloch | With Alfred Scharf, and by descent to the present owner
A top price for Antonio Senape
In July last year Bonhams in London held the auction The Grand Tour Sale, which included the work An album in marbled boards of 63 drawings of Italy, Greece, Malta and Turkey 25.2 x 38 cm. (9 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.) and smaller, with ten panoramas of 26 x 52.5 cm (10 1/4 x 20 5/8 in.) and two loose mounted drawings, sheets 3 and 4 of a panorama of by Antonio Senape. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 19,125.00 (€ 22,838.65), 28% above the upper estimate. With this result, An album in marbled boards of 63 drawings of Italy, Greece, Malta and Turkey 25.2 x 38 cm. (9 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.) and smaller, with ten panoramas of 26 x 52.5 cm (10 1/4 x 20 5/8 in.) and two loose mounted drawings, sheets 3 and 4 of a panorama of is even the most expensive work of art by Antonio Senape that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Antonio Senape
Im Juli letzten Jahres führte Bonhams in London die Auktion The Grand Tour Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit An album in marbled boards of 63 drawings of Italy, Greece, Malta and Turkey 25.2 x 38 cm. (9 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.) and smaller, with ten panoramas of 26 x 52.5 cm (10 1/4 x 20 5/8 in.) and two loose mounted drawings, sheets 3 and 4 of a panorama of von Antonio Senape zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 19.125,00 (€ 22.838,65) und damit 28% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist An album in marbled boards of 63 drawings of Italy, Greece, Malta and Turkey 25.2 x 38 cm. (9 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.) and smaller, with ten panoramas of 26 x 52.5 cm (10 1/4 x 20 5/8 in.) and two loose mounted drawings, sheets 3 and 4 of a panorama of sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Antonio Senape, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Antonio Senape - Auction history
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