Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

The Sleeping Christ Child

Found at Sothebys, London
Old Masters Evening Sale, Lot 22
5. Dec - 5. Dec 2018
Estimate: 150.000 - 200.000 GBP
Price realised: 610.000 GBP
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
SEVILLE 1618 - 1682
THE SLEEPING CHRIST CHILD
inscribed with inventory numbers left and right: B. / 19.
oil on canvas
46.7 x 61.5 cm.; 18 3/8  x 24 1/4  in.
Infante don Luis Antonio Jaime de Borbón y Farnesio (1727–85), palace of Boadilla del Monte, by 1776, recorded in the inventories of 1776 and 1780; | Thence by descent to his daughter, María Luisa de Borbón y Vallabriga, Duquesa de San Fernando (1783–1846), recorded in the inventory of 1793; | By whom sold to Don José de Salamanca y Mayol, Marqués de Salamanca and 1st Conde de Llanos (1811–83), by whom given in 1845 to | Anne, née C

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

When the work The Sleeping Christ Child by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo was auctioned at Sothebys in London in December 2018, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 200,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 610,000.00 (€ 679,594.10). Admittedly, works by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Christ the Man of Sorrows in December 2005 with an auction result of GBP 2,472,000.00 (€ 3,587,969.60).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit The Sleeping Christ Child von Bartolomé Esteban Murillo im Dezember 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 200.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 610.000,00 (€ 679.594,10) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Bartolomé Esteban Murillo auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Christ the Man of Sorrows im Dezember 2005 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 2.472.000,00 (€ 3.587.969,60).

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