Bartholomäus Spranger - Mercury Carrying Psyche To Mount Olympus

Bartholomäus Spranger

Mercury Carrying Psyche To Mount Olympus

Found at Christies, London
Old Masters Evening Sale, Lot 13
07.Dez - 07.Dez.2017
Estimate: 400.000 - 600.000 GBP
Price realised: 3.368.750 GBP
Description
oil on canvas
37 ½ x 53 ¼ in. (95.3 x 135.4 cm.)
(Probably) Given by the artist to Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552-1612), in 1576, inv. no. 879. | Anonymous sale; Internationales Kunst und Auktionshaus, Berlin, 9 May 1933, lot 231. | with Wolfgang Gurlitt Galerie, Munich, 1962. | Anonymous sale; Lempertz, Cologne, 18 November 1965, lot 201. | Acquired at the above sale by the family of the | present owner and restituted to the heirs of Dr. | Curt Glaser, October 2017
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A top price for Bartholomäus Spranger

The work Mercury Carrying Psyche To Mount Olympus by Bartholomäus Spranger was worth GBP 3,368,750.00 (€ 3,791,034.67) to a buyer in December 2017. This price was achieved in the auction Old Masters Evening Sale at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 600,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Mercury Carrying Psyche To Mount Olympus the most expensive artwork by Bartholomäus Spranger that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Bartholomäus Spranger

Die Arbeit Mercury Carrying Psyche To Mount Olympus von Bartholomäus Spranger war einem Käufer im Dezember 2017 GBP 3.368.750,00 (€ 3.791.034,67) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Old Masters Evening Sale bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 600.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Mercury Carrying Psyche To Mount Olympus zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Bartholomäus Spranger, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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