Claude-Joseph Vernet
Le Soir: A Mediterranean Harbour At Sunset With Fisherfolk And Merchants On A Quay Clair De Lune: A Mediterranean Harbour By Moonlight With Fisherfolk By A Fire On The Shore, A Natural Arch Beyond
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Old Masters Evening Sale, Lot 24
5. Jul - 5. Jul 2017
Old Masters Evening Sale, Lot 24
5. Jul - 5. Jul 2017
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Claude-Joseph Vernet
AVIGNON 1714 - 1789 PARIS
LE SOIR: A MEDITERRANEAN HARBOUR AT SUNSET WITH FISHERFOLK AND MERCHANTS ON A QUAY CLAIR DE LUNE: A MEDITERRANEAN HARBOUR BY MOONLIGHT WITH FISHERFOLK BY A FIRE ON THE SHORE, A NATURAL ARCH BEYOND
Quantity: 2
a pair, the former signed, located and dated lower left: Joseph / Vernet f / Romae 1752 and inscribed lower right: WF37
the latter signed, located and dated lower left: Joseph Vernet / f Romae 1752
both oil on canvas
each: 71.6 x 98.7 cm.; 28 1/4 x 38 7/8 in.
Commissioned from the artist in 1751 by Ernest Guido, Graf von Harrach, for Schloss Rohrau (inventory numbers WF37 and WF41); | Thence by descent until sold ('From the Gräflich Harrach'sche Gemäldesammlung Schloss Rohrau, Austria'), London, Christie's, 17 December 1999, lot 75; | Where acquired by the present collector.
AVIGNON 1714 - 1789 PARIS
LE SOIR: A MEDITERRANEAN HARBOUR AT SUNSET WITH FISHERFOLK AND MERCHANTS ON A QUAY CLAIR DE LUNE: A MEDITERRANEAN HARBOUR BY MOONLIGHT WITH FISHERFOLK BY A FIRE ON THE SHORE, A NATURAL ARCH BEYOND
Quantity: 2
a pair, the former signed, located and dated lower left: Joseph / Vernet f / Romae 1752 and inscribed lower right: WF37
the latter signed, located and dated lower left: Joseph Vernet / f Romae 1752
both oil on canvas
each: 71.6 x 98.7 cm.; 28 1/4 x 38 7/8 in.
Commissioned from the artist in 1751 by Ernest Guido, Graf von Harrach, for Schloss Rohrau (inventory numbers WF37 and WF41); | Thence by descent until sold ('From the Gräflich Harrach'sche Gemäldesammlung Schloss Rohrau, Austria'), London, Christie's, 17 December 1999, lot 75; | Where acquired by the present collector.
Auction result well in line with expectations
In July 2017 Sothebys in London held the auction Old Masters Evening Sale, which included the work Le Soir: A Mediterranean Harbour At Sunset With Fisherfolk And Merchants On A Quay Clair De Lune: A Mediterranean Harbour By Moonlight With Fisherfolk By A Fire On The Shore, A Natural Arch Beyond by Claude Joseph Vernet. The price achieved of GBP 1,448,750.00 (€ 1,616,582.53) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 1,200,000.00 – 1,800,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Claude Joseph Vernet - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A View Of Avignon, From The Right Bank Of The Rhône Near Villeneuve, which sold at auction in July 2013 for GBP 5,346,500.00 (€ 6,109,308.12).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Juli 2017 führte Sothebys in London die Auktion Old Masters Evening Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit Le Soir: A Mediterranean Harbour At Sunset With Fisherfolk And Merchants On A Quay Clair De Lune: A Mediterranean Harbour By Moonlight With Fisherfolk By A Fire On The Shore, A Natural Arch Beyond von Claude Joseph Vernet zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 1.448.750,00 (€ 1.616.582,53) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 1.200.000,00 – 1.800.000,00 angegeben worden. Für andere Arbeiten von Claude Joseph Vernet mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A View Of Avignon, From The Right Bank Of The Rhône Near Villeneuve beobachtet, die im Juli 2013 für GBP 5.346.500,00 (€ 6.109.308,12) versteigert wurde.
Claude Joseph Vernet - Auction history
