Bartholomäus Spranger - The Triumph Of Venus

Bartholomäus Spranger

The Triumph Of Venus

Found at Christies, London
Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale, Lot 12
8. Dec - 8. Dec 2015
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 GBP
Price realised: 362.500 GBP
Description
signed and dated 'B / SPRANGER / F / 1600' (lower left)
oil on canvas
62¾ x 35 7/8 in. (159.4 x 91.1 cm.)
(Possibly) Painted for the Imperial collection of Rudolf II, Prague, and (possibly) recorded in either a Viennese inventory of 1610-1619 (nos. 19 or 211), or a Prague inventory of 1621 (no. 1026).
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Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Bartholomäus Spranger achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in December 2015. In the Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale auction, the work The Triumph Of Venus sold for GBP 362,500.00 (€ 492,257.57) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 150,000.00. Admittedly, works by Bartholomäus Spranger have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Mercury Carrying Psyche To Mount Olympus in December 2017 with an auction result of GBP 3,368,750.00 (€ 3,791,034.67).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Bartholomäus Spranger erzielte im Dezember 2015 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit The Triumph Of Venus für GBP 362.500,00 (€ 492.257,57) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 150.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Bartholomäus Spranger auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Mercury Carrying Psyche To Mount Olympus im Dezember 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 3.368.750,00 (€ 3.791.034,67).

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