Balthasar Beschey - The Death of Cleopatra

Balthasar Beschey

The Death of Cleopatra

Found at Christies, London
Old Master & British Paintings, Lot 38
14. Apr - 14. Apr 2011
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.000 GBP
Description
Balthasar Beschey (Antwerp 1708-1776)
The Death of Cleopatra
signed 'B: Beschey f.' (lower left, on the plinth)
oil on panel, the reverse branded with the 'FDB' (in ligature) panel-maker's mark of François de Bont (active 1637-1643)
10 3/8 x 7 5/8 in. (26.4 x 19.5 cm.)
with two unidentified armorial red wax seals and the old label 'No: 99. P.P. Rubens. 7½ . 10 L[...]' (on the reverse, upper centre)
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Sold at the lower estimate price

In April 2011 Christies in London held the auction Old Master & British Paintings, which included the work The Death of Cleopatra by Balthasar Beschey. The result of GBP 6,000.00 (€ 6,757.03) was exactly at the lower end of the estimate range of GBP 6,000.00 – 8,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Balthasar Beschey achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work A River Landscape With Wagons And Townsfolk On A Path And Boats; And An Extensive Landscape With A Windmill And Figures, A Canal Beyond in July 2005 with an auction result of GBP 131,200.00 (€ 190,304.36).

Zuschlag beim unteren Schätzpreis

Im April 2011 führte Christies in London die Auktion Old Master & British Paintings durch, in der auch die Arbeit The Death of Cleopatra von Balthasar Beschey zur Versteigerung kam. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von GBP 6.000,00 (€ 6.757,03) entsprach exakt dem unteren Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 6.000,00 – 8.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Balthasar Beschey erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit A River Landscape With Wagons And Townsfolk On A Path And Boats; And An Extensive Landscape With A Windmill And Figures, A Canal Beyond im Juli 2005 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 131.200,00 (€ 190.304,36).

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