Antonio Senape
View of Sorrento with Mount Vesuvius seen in the distance
Found at
Christies,
London
Old Master and British Pictures and Old Master Drawings, Lot 374
25. Apr - 25. Apr 2007
Old Master and British Pictures and Old Master Drawings, Lot 374
25. Apr - 25. Apr 2007
Estimate: 700 - 1.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.800 GBP
Price realised: 1.800 GBP
Description
Antonio Senape (died 1842)
View of Sorrento with Mount Vesuvius seen in the distance
inscribed 'Veduta di Sorrento'
pen and brown and blue ink, in an inscribed border, on two joined sheets and backed with canvas
9¾ x 28 1/8 in. (248 x 715 mm.)
View of Sorrento with Mount Vesuvius seen in the distance
inscribed 'Veduta di Sorrento'
pen and brown and blue ink, in an inscribed border, on two joined sheets and backed with canvas
9¾ x 28 1/8 in. (248 x 715 mm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 80 %.
This artwork by Antonio Senape achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in April 2007. In the Old Master and British Pictures and Old Master Drawings auction, the work View of Sorrento with Mount Vesuvius seen in the distance sold for GBP 1,800.00 (€ 2,635.43) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 1,000.00. Admittedly, works by Antonio Senape have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by 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 in July last year with an auction result of GBP 19,125.00 (€ 22,838
Oberer Schätzpreis um 80 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Antonio Senape erzielte im April 2007 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master and British Pictures and Old Master Drawings wurde die Arbeit View of Sorrento with Mount Vesuvius seen in the distance für GBP 1.800,00 (€ 2.635,43) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Antonio Senape auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen 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 im Juli letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 19.125,00 (€ 22.838,65).
Antonio Senape - Auction history
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