Augustin Ritt
Portrait Of Prince Alexei Borisovich Kurakin (1759-1829)
Estimate: 35.000 - 45.000 GBP
Price realised: 200.000 GBP
Price realised: 200.000 GBP
Description
Augustin Ritt
ST PETERSBURG 1765 - 1799
PORTRAIT OF PRINCE ALEXEI BORISOVICH KURAKIN (1759-1829)
Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, ormolu frame;
signed lower left: Ritt., inscribed verso: peint par Ritt. d'après nature / à St. Peterbourg 1798
15.4 by 12 cm.; 6 1/8 by 4 3/4 in.
Prince B.A. Kurakin, Kurakino, Province of Orel, by 1906; | Princess Gagarin; | David David-Weill (1871-1952) inv. no. 2241; | with Wildenstein, Paris; | Sir Charles Clore (1905-1979), London, 1965, | his executor's sale, London, Sotheby's, 10 November 1986, lot 64
ST PETERSBURG 1765 - 1799
PORTRAIT OF PRINCE ALEXEI BORISOVICH KURAKIN (1759-1829)
Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, ormolu frame;
signed lower left: Ritt., inscribed verso: peint par Ritt. d'après nature / à St. Peterbourg 1798
15.4 by 12 cm.; 6 1/8 by 4 3/4 in.
Prince B.A. Kurakin, Kurakino, Province of Orel, by 1906; | Princess Gagarin; | David David-Weill (1871-1952) inv. no. 2241; | with Wildenstein, Paris; | Sir Charles Clore (1905-1979), London, 1965, | his executor's sale, London, Sotheby's, 10 November 1986, lot 64
A top price for Augustin Christian Ritt
When the work Portrait Of Prince Alexei Borisovich Kurakin (1759-1829) 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 45,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 200,000.00 (€ 225,593.92). This high result makes Portrait Of Prince Alexei Borisovich Kurakin (1759-1829) the most expensive artwork by Augustin Christian Ritt that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Augustin Christian Ritt
Als die Arbeit Portrait Of Prince Alexei Borisovich Kurakin (1759-1829) 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 45.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 200.000,00 (€ 225.593,92) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Portrait Of Prince Alexei Borisovich Kurakin (1759-1829) zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Augustin Christian Ritt, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Augustin Christian Ritt - Auction history
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