Benjamin Blake
Dead game in a classical landscape
Found at
Christies,
London
BRITISH AND VICTORIAN PAINTINGS, INCLUDING SCOTTISH PICTURES, Lot 357
8. Mar - 8. Mar 2001
BRITISH AND VICTORIAN PAINTINGS, INCLUDING SCOTTISH PICTURES, Lot 357
8. Mar - 8. Mar 2001
Estimate: 600 - 800 GBP
Price realised: 1.410 GBP
Price realised: 1.410 GBP
Description
Benjamin Blake (1757-1830)
Dead game in a classical landscape
signed and dated 'B. Blake/1814' (lower right)
oil on canvas, unframed
40 x 50½ in. (101.6 x 128.3 cm.)
Dead game in a classical landscape
signed and dated 'B. Blake/1814' (lower right)
oil on canvas, unframed
40 x 50½ in. (101.6 x 128.3 cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 76 %.
This artwork by Benjamin Blake achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in March 2001. In the BRITISH AND VICTORIAN PAINTINGS, INCLUDING SCOTTISH PICTURES auction, the work Dead game in a classical landscape sold for GBP 1,410.00 (€ 2,275.18) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 800.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Benjamin Blake - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Game In A Larder; And A Hare With Other Game, which sold at auction in March 2006 for GBP 3,360.00 (€ 4,814.27).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 76 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Benjamin Blake erzielte im März 2001 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion BRITISH AND VICTORIAN PAINTINGS, INCLUDING SCOTTISH PICTURES wurde die Arbeit Dead game in a classical landscape für GBP 1.410,00 (€ 2.275,18) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 800,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Benjamin Blake mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Game In A Larder; And A Hare With Other Game beobachtet, die im März 2006 für GBP 3.360,00 (€ 4.814,27) versteigert wurde.
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