Cécile Villeneuve
Valentine Autran In White Off-The-Shoulder Dress, Brown Hair In Ringlets With Blue Ribbon Band; Together With Count Henri de Béarn, In A Black Coat, White Shirt And Black Silk Knotted Cravat, Dark Hair And Whiskers, Wearing The Red Ribbon of The Fre
Found at
Christies,
London
IMPORTANT PORTRAIT MINIATURES AND OBJECTS OF VERTU, Lot 248
6. JUL - 6. JUL 2005
IMPORTANT PORTRAIT MINIATURES AND OBJECTS OF VERTU, Lot 248
6. JUL - 6. JUL 2005
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 6.600 GBP
Price realised: 6.600 GBP
Description
CÉCILE VILLENEUVE (FRENCH, 1824-1901)
Valentine Autran in white off-the-shoulder dress, brown hair in ringlets with blue ribbon band; together with Count Henri de Béarn, in a black coat, white shirt and black silk knotted cravat, dark hair and whiskers, wearing the red ribbon of the French Order of the Legion of Honour
the former signed and dated 'Cécile Villeneuve - 1868' (lower right) and inscribed and dated by the artist on the backing paper 'Valentine Autran Paris 1868'; the latter signed 'Cécile Villeneuve' (mid-right) and inscribed and dated by the artist on the backing paper 'Monsieur le Comte Henri de Béarn 1858'
ovals, 2 5/16 (59 mm.) high, gilt-metal easel frame; 4 in. (102 mm.) high, ormolu frame by Alphonse Giroux with ribbon and bow cresting (2)
Valentine Autran in white off-the-shoulder dress, brown hair in ringlets with blue ribbon band; together with Count Henri de Béarn, in a black coat, white shirt and black silk knotted cravat, dark hair and whiskers, wearing the red ribbon of the French Order of the Legion of Honour
the former signed and dated 'Cécile Villeneuve - 1868' (lower right) and inscribed and dated by the artist on the backing paper 'Valentine Autran Paris 1868'; the latter signed 'Cécile Villeneuve' (mid-right) and inscribed and dated by the artist on the backing paper 'Monsieur le Comte Henri de Béarn 1858'
ovals, 2 5/16 (59 mm.) high, gilt-metal easel frame; 4 in. (102 mm.) high, ormolu frame by Alphonse Giroux with ribbon and bow cresting (2)
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Valentine Autran In White Off-The-Shoulder Dress, Brown Hair In Ringlets With Blue Ribbon Band; Together With Count Henri de Béarn, In A Black Coat, White Shirt And Black Silk Knotted Cravat, Dark Hair And Whiskers, Wearing The Red Ribbon of The Fre by Cécile Villeneuve was auctioned at Christies in London in July 2005, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 1,500.00 but the actual price achieved wa However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Cécile Villeneuve - we have observed the highest auction result to date for 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, which sold at auction in May 2004 for GBP 16,730.00 (€ 25,101.16).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Valentine Autran In White Off-The-Shoulder Dress, Brown Hair In Ringlets With Blue Ribbon Band; Together With Count Henri de Béarn, In A Black Coat, White Shirt And Black Silk Knotted Cravat, Dark Hair And Whiskers, Wearing The Red Ribbon of The Fre von Cécile Villeneuve im Juli 2005 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 1.500,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 6.600,00 (€ 9.573,24) mehr als viermal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Cécile Villeneuve mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für 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 bl
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