Charles Frederick De Brocktorff
Camelopard - A Present From The Pacha Of Egypt To The King - At Malta On Its Way To England
Found at
Christies,
London (Online Auction)
Topographical Pictures, including China Trade Paintings. ARCTIC · AMERICAS · AFRICA · ASIA · AUSTRALASIA · ANTARCTICA, Lot 46
5. Nov - 5. Nov 2020
Topographical Pictures, including China Trade Paintings. ARCTIC · AMERICAS · AFRICA · ASIA · AUSTRALASIA · ANTARCTICA, Lot 46
5. Nov - 5. Nov 2020
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
signed and dated 'C.F. de Brocktorff. / 1827.' (lower right), inscribed as titled in the painted margins (lower centre)
pencil and watercolour heightened with gold paint and gum arabic on paper
14 1⁄2 x 11in. (36.8 x 27.9cm.)
Brocktorff records the giraffe gifted to George IV by Mohammed Ali, the viceroy of Eygpt, en route from Cairo to London in 1826-27. The giraffe - one of three presented by the viceroy to Britain, France and Austria - travelled to Malta by ship and overwintered there with its two Egyptian keepers before embarking on the Penelope Malta for England in May 1827. The giraffe would be the first to be seen in England and resulted in an outbreak of 'giraffemania' - it was most famously painted by Agasse
pencil and watercolour heightened with gold paint and gum arabic on paper
14 1⁄2 x 11in. (36.8 x 27.9cm.)
Brocktorff records the giraffe gifted to George IV by Mohammed Ali, the viceroy of Eygpt, en route from Cairo to London in 1826-27. The giraffe - one of three presented by the viceroy to Britain, France and Austria - travelled to Malta by ship and overwintered there with its two Egyptian keepers before embarking on the Penelope Malta for England in May 1827. The giraffe would be the first to be seen in England and resulted in an outbreak of 'giraffemania' - it was most famously painted by Agasse
A top price for Charles Frederick de Brocktorff
The work Camelopard - A Present From The Pacha Of Egypt To The King - At Malta On Its Way To England by Charles Frederick de Brocktorff was sold in the Topographical Pictures, including China Trade Paintings. ARCTIC · AMERICAS · AFRICA · ASIA · AUSTRALASIA · ANTARCTICA auction at Christies in London in November 2020. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 15,000.00 (€ 16,745.06), 50% above the upper estimate. This high result makes Camelopard - A Present From The Pacha Of Egypt To The King - At Malta On Its Way To England the most expensive artwork by Charles Frederick de Brocktorff that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Charles Frederick de Brocktorff
Die Arbeit Camelopard - A Present From The Pacha Of Egypt To The King - At Malta On Its Way To England von Charles Frederick de Brocktorff wurde im November 2020 in der Auktion Topographical Pictures, including China Trade Paintings. ARCTIC · AMERICAS · AFRICA · ASIA · AUSTRALASIA · ANTARCTICA bei Christies in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 15.000,00 (€ 16.745,06) und damit 50% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Camelopard - A Present From The Pacha Of Egypt To The King - At Malta On Its Way To England zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Charles Frederick de Brocktorff, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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