Augustin Ritt

Portrait Of A Lady, Called Princess Tatiana Ivanovna Gagarina (1761-1800)

Found at Sothebys, London
Russian Works of Art, Fabergé & Icons, Lot 308
27. Nov - 27. Nov 2018
Estimate: 5.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 35.000 GBP
Augustin Ritt
ST PETERSBURG 1765 - 1799
PORTRAIT OF A LADY, CALLED PRINCESS TATIANA IVANOVNA GAGARINA (1761-1800)
Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-metal frame;
signed left: Ritt
9 by 7.5 cm.; 3 1/2 by 2 15/16 in.
Prince Georg Gagarin, by 1909; | David David-Weill (1871-1952), inv. no. 786; | with Wildenstein, Paris; | Sir Charles Clore (1905-1979), London; | his executor's sale, London, Sotheby's, 10 November 1986, lot 55

Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price

When the work Portrait Of A Lady, Called Princess Tatiana Ivanovna Gagarina (1761-1800) by Augustin Christian Ritt was auctioned at Sothebys in London in November 2018, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 8,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 35,000.00 (€ 39,478.94). Admittedly, works by Augustin Christian Ritt have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Portrait Of Prince Alexei Borisovich Kurakin (1759-1829) in November 2018 with an auction result of GBP 200,000.00 (€ 225,593.92).

Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Portrait Of A Lady, Called Princess Tatiana Ivanovna Gagarina (1761-1800) von Augustin Christian Ritt im November 2018 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 8.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 35.000,00 (€ 39.478,94) mehr als viermal so hoch. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Augustin Christian Ritt auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Portrait Of Prince Alexei Borisovich Kurakin (1759-1829) im November 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 200.000,00 (€ 225.593,92).

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