Daniel Hopfer
Heads of grotesque Animals
Estimate: 2.500 - 3.500 GBP
Price realised: 13.750 GBP
Price realised: 13.750 GBP
Description
etching, circa 1505-1536, on laid paper, without watermark, a very good, strong and clear impression of this rare print, possibly the first state (of two), before any rustmarks, with thread margins, trimmed just inside the platemark in places, a made-up paper loss at the upper right corner, another at lower right, window-mounted; together with Design for ornamented Stripes in Form of Dagger Sheaths by the same hand, etching, circa 1515, on laid paper, without watermark, a strong impression of th
Sheet 84 x 138 mm.
Sheet 135 x 83 mm.
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Holl. 143: | With Galerie Paul Prouté, Paris. | Acquired from the above in 2009. | Holl. 141: | With Olimpia Theodoli, London. | Acquired from the above on 3 February 1992.
Sheet 84 x 138 mm.
Sheet 135 x 83 mm.
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Holl. 143: | With Galerie Paul Prouté, Paris. | Acquired from the above in 2009. | Holl. 141: | With Olimpia Theodoli, London. | Acquired from the above on 3 February 1992.
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Heads of grotesque Animals by Daniel Hopfer was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2019, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 3,500.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 13,750.00 (€ 16,250.89). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Daniel Hopfer - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Saint George on Horseback slaying the Dragon, which sold at auction in January this year for USD 41,580.00 (€ 38,294.35).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Heads of grotesque Animals von Daniel Hopfer im Dezember 2019 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 3.500,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 13.750,00 (€ 16.250,89) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Daniel Hopfer mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Saint George on Horseback slaying the Dragon beobachtet, die im Januar diesen Jahres für USD 41.580,00 (€ 38.294,35) versteigert wurde.
Daniel Hopfer - Auction history
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