Baccio della Porta
Head of a Young Woman, looking down to the left
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries, Lot 8
25. Jan - 26. Jan 2022
Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries, Lot 8
25. Jan - 26. Jan 2022
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Baccio della Porta, called Fra Bartolommeo
Florence 1472 - 1517
Head of a Young Woman, looking down to the left
Black chalk and stumping heightened with white, on paper prepared light beige; further powdered white chalk rubbed on the face and neck
265 by 200 mm; 10½ by 7⅞ in.
John Barnard (d.1784), London (L.1420, with his number, N o : 1028. on the backing board); | William Mayor (d.1874), London (L.2799); | sale, Amsterdam, Frederik Muller, 5 July 1927, lot 150 (as Fra Bartolommeo), purchased by the grandfather of the present owner
Florence 1472 - 1517
Head of a Young Woman, looking down to the left
Black chalk and stumping heightened with white, on paper prepared light beige; further powdered white chalk rubbed on the face and neck
265 by 200 mm; 10½ by 7⅞ in.
John Barnard (d.1784), London (L.1420, with his number, N o : 1028. on the backing board); | William Mayor (d.1874), London (L.2799); | sale, Amsterdam, Frederik Muller, 5 July 1927, lot 150 (as Fra Bartolommeo), purchased by the grandfather of the present owner
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Head of a Young Woman, looking down to the left by Fra Bartolommeo was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in January last year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 600,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 1,835,000.00 (€ 1,636,639.32). Admittedly, works by Fra Bartolommeo have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work The Madonna And Child in January 2013 with an auction result of USD 12,962,500.00 (€ 9,542,476.44).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Head of a Young Woman, looking down to the left von Fra Bartolommeo im Januar letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 600.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 1.835.000,00 (€ 1.636.639,32) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Fra Bartolommeo auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit The Madonna And Child im Januar 2013 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 12.962.500,00 (€ 9.542.476,44).
Fra Bartolommeo - Auction history
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