Bernard van Orley
The Martyrdom Of Saint John The Baptist
Estimate: 150.000 - 250.000 GBP
Price realised: 457.250 GBP
Price realised: 457.250 GBP
Description
Bernard van Orley
BRUSSELS CIRCA 1488 - 1541
THE MARTYRDOM OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST
Inscribed on the otherwise effaced reverse of the cradled panel: FINIS CORONAT
oil on oak panel
64.5 by 74.2 cm.; 25 1/2 by 29 1/4 in.
Probably commissioned by Abbot Jacques Coëne for the Benedictine abbey of Marchiennes near Douai, circa 1515-19; | With F. Kleinberger & Co, New York; | Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co. Inc., New York; | Their sale, New York, Parke-Bernet, 23-5 January 1947, lot 237, for $1,050 to Knoedler; | Private collector, Boston; | By whom sold, New York, Parke-Bernet, 28 April 1949, lot 70, for $650 to G. Butler Sherwell; | Dr. Ricardo Espíritu Santu Silva (d
BRUSSELS CIRCA 1488 - 1541
THE MARTYRDOM OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST
Inscribed on the otherwise effaced reverse of the cradled panel: FINIS CORONAT
oil on oak panel
64.5 by 74.2 cm.; 25 1/2 by 29 1/4 in.
Probably commissioned by Abbot Jacques Coëne for the Benedictine abbey of Marchiennes near Douai, circa 1515-19; | With F. Kleinberger & Co, New York; | Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co. Inc., New York; | Their sale, New York, Parke-Bernet, 23-5 January 1947, lot 237, for $1,050 to Knoedler; | Private collector, Boston; | By whom sold, New York, Parke-Bernet, 28 April 1949, lot 70, for $650 to G. Butler Sherwell; | Dr. Ricardo Espíritu Santu Silva (d
Upper estimate price exceeded by 83 %.
This artwork by Bernard van Orley achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in July 2008. In the Old Master Paintings Evening Sale auction, the work The Martyrdom Of Saint John The Baptist sold for GBP 457,250.00 (€ 580,941.27) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 250,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Bernard van Orley - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Virgin And Child Adored By Saint Martin And Other Saints Including Saint Peter, Agnes, Mary Magdelene, And Anthony (?), And Beyond Saint Martin Ordering A Tree To Be Felled, With On The Verso An Abbot In Prayer, Half Length, Within A Fictive Frame, which sold at auction in July 2010 for GBP 993,250.00 (€ 1,194,271
Oberer Schätzpreis um 83 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Bernard van Orley erzielte im Juli 2008 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master Paintings Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit The Martyrdom Of Saint John The Baptist für GBP 457.250,00 (€ 580.941,27) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 250.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Bernard van Orley mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Virgin And Child Adored By Saint Martin And Other Saints Including Saint Peter, Agnes, Mary Magdelene, And Anthony (?), And Beyond Saint Martin Ordering A Tree To Be Felled, With On The Verso An Abbot In Prayer, Half Length, Within A Fictive Frame beobachtet, die im Juli 2010 für GBP 993.250,00 (€ 1.194.271,21) versteigert wurde.
Bernard van Orley - Auction history
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