Domenico Beccafumi
The Holy Family
Estimate: 500.000 - 700.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.085.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.085.000 GBP
Description
Domenico Beccafumi
CORTINE IN VALDIBIANA MONTAPERTI 1484 - 1551 SIENA
THE HOLY FAMILY
oil on poplar panel
75.5 by 57.3 cm.; 29 3/4 by 22 5/8 in.
Believed to have been acquired in the mid-nineteenth century; | Thence by descent to the aunt of the present owner.
CORTINE IN VALDIBIANA MONTAPERTI 1484 - 1551 SIENA
THE HOLY FAMILY
oil on poplar panel
75.5 by 57.3 cm.; 29 3/4 by 22 5/8 in.
Believed to have been acquired in the mid-nineteenth century; | Thence by descent to the aunt of the present owner.
A top price for Domenico Beccafumi
The work The Holy Family by Domenico Beccafumi was sold in the Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale auction at Sothebys in London in July 2015. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 1,085,000.00 (€ 1,538,165.58), 55% above the upper estimate. This high result makes The Holy Family the most expensive artwork by Domenico Beccafumi that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Domenico Beccafumi
Die Arbeit The Holy Family von Domenico Beccafumi wurde im Juli 2015 in der Auktion Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 1.085.000,00 (€ 1.538.165,58) und damit 55% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Holy Family zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Domenico Beccafumi, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Domenico Beccafumi - Auction history
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