Emile-Jean-Horace Vernet
Death Of Prince Poniatowski On October 19Th, 1813
Found at
Sothebys,
Paris
Tableaux, Sculptures et Dessins Anciens et du XIXe siècle, Lot 121
15. Jun - 15. Jun 2017
Tableaux, Sculptures et Dessins Anciens et du XIXe siècle, Lot 121
15. Jun - 15. Jun 2017
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 EUR
Price realised: 511.500 EUR
Price realised: 511.500 EUR
Description
Emile-Jean-Horace Vernet
PARIS 1789 - 1863 PARIS
DEATH OF PRINCE PONIATOWSKI ON OCTOBER 19TH, 1813
Signed and dated lower left Horace Vernet / 1816 ; Bears an old label on the stretcher Domaine priv. / Neuilly / n°66 and the LPD and LPO crowned stamps on the back (stamps of Louis-Philippe d'Orléans, later king Louis-Philippe) ; Bears a stamped inscription Mort du Prince Joseph / PONIATOWSKI / Par Horace Vernet / 1816 / Le Prince Joseph Poniatowski né le 7 Mai 1762 était neveu de Stanislas Poniatowski dernier Roi de Pologne. Devenu Mar�
Oil on canvas
65,5 x 82 cm ; 25 3/4 by 32 1/4 in.
Général Rapp's collection, 1817 ; | His sale, March 1822, n°18 ; | Possibly, purchased from the above from Louis-Philippe, duc d'Orléans ; | Collection of Louis-Philippe, duc d'Orléans then king of France ; | Offered by Louis-Philippe to général baron Louis-Marie-Baptiste Atthalin (1754-1856), probably circa 1848-1851 ; | By descent to the current owners
PARIS 1789 - 1863 PARIS
DEATH OF PRINCE PONIATOWSKI ON OCTOBER 19TH, 1813
Signed and dated lower left Horace Vernet / 1816 ; Bears an old label on the stretcher Domaine priv. / Neuilly / n°66 and the LPD and LPO crowned stamps on the back (stamps of Louis-Philippe d'Orléans, later king Louis-Philippe) ; Bears a stamped inscription Mort du Prince Joseph / PONIATOWSKI / Par Horace Vernet / 1816 / Le Prince Joseph Poniatowski né le 7 Mai 1762 était neveu de Stanislas Poniatowski dernier Roi de Pologne. Devenu Mar�
Oil on canvas
65,5 x 82 cm ; 25 3/4 by 32 1/4 in.
Général Rapp's collection, 1817 ; | His sale, March 1822, n°18 ; | Possibly, purchased from the above from Louis-Philippe, duc d'Orléans ; | Collection of Louis-Philippe, duc d'Orléans then king of France ; | Offered by Louis-Philippe to général baron Louis-Marie-Baptiste Atthalin (1754-1856), probably circa 1848-1851 ; | By descent to the current owners
A top price for Horace Vernet
When the work Death Of Prince Poniatowski On October 19Th, 1813 by Horace Vernet was auctioned at Sothebys in Paris in June 2017, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at - in retrospect quite modest - EUR 70,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than seven times as high at EUR 511,500.00. This high result makes Death Of Prince Poniatowski On October 19Th, 1813 the most expensive artwork by Horace Vernet that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Horace Vernet
Als die Arbeit Death Of Prince Poniatowski On October 19Th, 1813 von Horace Vernet im Juni 2017 bei Sothebys in Paris versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – EUR 70.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit EUR 511.500,00 mehr als siebenmal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Death Of Prince Poniatowski On October 19Th, 1813 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Horace Vernet, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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