Charles Percier
A Monument With Napoleon As A Winged Genius Holding A Victory Statuette Under An Arch
Found at
Christies,
London
Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours, Lot 111
2. Dec - 2. Dec 2014
Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours, Lot 111
2. Dec - 2. Dec 2014
Estimate: 1.200 - 1.800 GBP
Price realised: 5.250 GBP
Price realised: 5.250 GBP
Description
titled 'ARMÉE D'ITALIE' and 'SAINTE/ INQUISITION'
graphite, pen and black ink, watercolour, heightened with white, the background washed in grey bodycolour
14¼ x 8½ in. (36 x 21.8 cm.); and A design for an elaborate console, Attributed to Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine
(2)(2)
Sir Francis Watson, and thence by descent to the present owner.
graphite, pen and black ink, watercolour, heightened with white, the background washed in grey bodycolour
14¼ x 8½ in. (36 x 21.8 cm.); and A design for an elaborate console, Attributed to Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine
(2)(2)
Sir Francis Watson, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Charles Percier achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in December 2014. In the Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours auction, the work A Monument With Napoleon As A Winged Genius Holding A Victory Statuette Under An Arch sold for GBP 5,250.00 (€ 6,758.49) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 1,800.00. Admittedly, works by Charles Percier have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Reliefs Et Monuments Antiques in March 2016 with an auction result of EUR 41,480.00.
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Charles Percier erzielte im Dezember 2014 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours wurde die Arbeit A Monument With Napoleon As A Winged Genius Holding A Victory Statuette Under An Arch für GBP 5.250,00 (€ 6.758,49) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.800,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Charles Percier auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Reliefs Et Monuments Antiques im März 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von EUR 41.480,00.
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