Claude-Louis Desrais
Studies of six artists and craftsmen: A sculptor in stone; An engraver; An easel painter; An astronomer; A house painter; and A carver of wood
Found at
Christies,
London
Old Master Pictures & Drawings, Lot 447
7. Dec - 7. Dec 2005
Old Master Pictures & Drawings, Lot 447
7. Dec - 7. Dec 2005
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Claude-Louis Desrais (Paris 1746-1816)
Studies of six artists and craftsmen: A sculptor in stone; An engraver; An easel painter; An astronomer; A house painter; and A carver of wood
inscribed with details of the professions
black chalk, pen and grey ink, brown wash, the outlines indented (?), the verso rubbed with red chalk
7 7/8 x 11½ in. (199 x 293 mm.)
Studies of six artists and craftsmen: A sculptor in stone; An engraver; An easel painter; An astronomer; A house painter; and A carver of wood
inscribed with details of the professions
black chalk, pen and grey ink, brown wash, the outlines indented (?), the verso rubbed with red chalk
7 7/8 x 11½ in. (199 x 293 mm.)
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Studies of six artists and craftsmen: A sculptor in stone; An engraver; An easel painter; An astronomer; A house painter; and A carver of wood by Claude-Louis Desrais was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2005, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 1,800.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 5,400.00 (€ 7,837.80). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Claude-Louis Desrais; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Monsieur Mesmer'S Baquet sold at auction in January 2012 with the realized price of USD 15,000.00 (€ 11,491.61).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Studies of six artists and craftsmen: A sculptor in stone; An engraver; An easel painter; An astronomer; A house painter; and A carver of wood von Claude-Louis Desrais im Dezember 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 1.800,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 5.400,00 (€ 7.837,80) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Claude-Louis Desrais; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Monsieur Mesmer'S Baquet im Januar 2012 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 15.000,00 (€ 11.491,61).
Claude-Louis Desrais - Auction history
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