Battista Franco
Two male nudes seen from the front and side, with a subsidiary study of the head of the complete figure (recto); A seated male nude leaning on a table (verso)
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 81.250 USD
Price realised: 81.250 USD
Description
black and red chalk, pen and brown ink, the upper left, upper and lower right corners clipped and made up
17¼ x 11¼ in. (43.7 x 28.7 cm.)
Captain H***; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 25 February 1924, lot 45 (as by Michelangelo). | with Jean-Luc Baroni, London (cat. 2006, no. 6), where acquired by the present owner.
17¼ x 11¼ in. (43.7 x 28.7 cm.)
Captain H***; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 25 February 1924, lot 45 (as by Michelangelo). | with Jean-Luc Baroni, London (cat. 2006, no. 6), where acquired by the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 35 %.
In January 2017 Christies in New York held the auction Old Master Drawings, which included the work Two male nudes seen from the front and side, with a subsidiary study of the head of the complete figure (recto); A seated male nude leaning on a table (verso) by Giovanni Battista Franco. The »bidding war« ended at USD 81,250.00 (€ 75,273.30), 35% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Giovanni Battista Franco - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Deux Études De Squelettes, which sold at auction in March 2021 for EUR 250,000.00.
Oberer Schätzpreis um 35 % übertroffen
Im Januar 2017 führte Christies in New York die Auktion Old Master Drawings durch, in der auch die Arbeit Two male nudes seen from the front and side, with a subsidiary study of the head of the complete figure (recto); A seated male nude leaning on a table (verso) von Giovanni Battista Franco zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 81.250,00 (€ 75.273,30) und damit 35% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von Giovanni Battista Franco mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Deux Études De Squelettes beobachtet, die im März 2021 für EUR 250.000,00 versteigert wurde.
Giovanni Battista Franco - Auction history
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