Edmé-Adolphe Fontaine

Portrait of an elegant lady

Found at Christies, London
Christie's Interiors, Lot 11
19. Aug - 19. Aug 2014
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 1.250 GBP
Edmé-Adolphe Fontaine (French, 1814-1878)
Portrait of an elegant lady
signed, inscribed and dated 'Adolphe Fontaine Versailles/1851' (lower left)
oil on canvas, unframed
39 3/4 x 32 in. (101 x 81.3 cm.)

Auction result well in line with expectations

In August 2014 Christies in London held the auction Christie's Interiors, which included the work Portrait of an elegant lady by Edmé-Adolphe Fontaine. The price achieved of GBP 1,250.00 (€ 1,576.52) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 1,000.00 – 1,500.00. Other works by Edmé-Adolphe Fontaine have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in April 2020 the work A Snow-Covered Mountain Landscape At Bois De Satory, Near Le Désert was auctioned for GBP 2,000.00 (€ 2,300.68).

Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen

Im August 2014 führte Christies in London die Auktion Christie's Interiors durch, in der auch die Arbeit Portrait of an elegant lady von Edmé-Adolphe Fontaine zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 1.250,00 (€ 1.576,52) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 1.000,00 – 1.500,00 angegeben worden. Andere Arbeiten von Edmé-Adolphe Fontaine konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im April 2020 die Arbeit A Snow-Covered Mountain Landscape At Bois De Satory, Near Le Désert für GBP 2.000,00 (€ 2.300,68) versteigert.

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