Cécile Villeneuve
Unknown
Found at
Christies,
London
Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes, Lot 102
17. Nov - 17. Nov 2009
Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes, Lot 102
17. Nov - 17. Nov 2009
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 2.500 GBP
Price realised: 2.500 GBP
Description
CÉCILE VILLENEUVE, NÉE COLOMBET (FRENCH, 1824-1901)
Emma Marie de Polignac (1858-1936), aged four, in white off-the-shoulder dress, coral necklace, dark curling hair
signed and dated 'Cécile Villeneuve 1862' (mid-right) and inscribed and dated in full by the artist on the backing card 'Mlle Emma de Polignac Paris 1862'
on ivory
oval, 1 13/16 in. (46 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount with paste-set pierced silver surround
Emma Marie de Polignac (1858-1936), aged four, in white off-the-shoulder dress, coral necklace, dark curling hair
signed and dated 'Cécile Villeneuve 1862' (mid-right) and inscribed and dated in full by the artist on the backing card 'Mlle Emma de Polignac Paris 1862'
on ivory
oval, 1 13/16 in. (46 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount with paste-set pierced silver surround
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Unknown by Cécile Villeneuve was sold in the Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes auction at Christies in London in November 2009. The price achieved of GBP 2,500.00 (€ 2,735.93) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 2,000.00 – 3,000.00. Admittedly, works by Cécile Villeneuve have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Vicomtesse Geoffroy de Ruillé, in black dress with white lace underdress, pink rose and foliage at corsage, globular gold bell suspended on a black ribbon choker, pink rose and foliage and black lace veil falling from her upswept blond hair in May 2004 with an auction result of GBP 16,730.00 (€ 25,101.16).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Unknown von Cécile Villeneuve wurde im November 2009 in der Auktion Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes bei Christies in London versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 2.500,00 (€ 2.735,93) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 2.000,00 – 3.000,00 angegeben worden. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Cécile Villeneuve auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Vicomtesse Geoffroy de Ruillé, in black dress with white lace underdress, pink rose and foliage at corsage, globular gold bell suspended on a black ribbon choker, pink rose and foliage and black lace veil falling from her upswept blond hair im Mai 2004 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 16.730,00 (€ 25.101,16).
Cécile Villeneuve - Auction history
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