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- Étienne-Charles Leguay
- An Important Miniature of A Young Lady Formerly Called Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese, Three-Quarter Length Seated On A Grassy Bank Holding An Open Book In Her Left Hand, In White Dress, Multi-Coloured Embroidered Cashmere Stole Draped Over Her
Etienne Charles Le Guay
An Important Miniature of A Young Lady Formerly Called Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese, Three-Quarter Length Seated On A Grassy Bank Holding An Open Book In Her Left Hand, In White Dress, Multi-Coloured Embroidered Cashmere Stole Draped Over Her
Found at
Christies,
London
IMPORTANT PORTRAIT MINIATURES AND OBJECTS OF VERTU, Lot 250
6. JUL - 6. JUL 2005
IMPORTANT PORTRAIT MINIATURES AND OBJECTS OF VERTU, Lot 250
6. JUL - 6. JUL 2005
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 20.400 GBP
Price realised: 20.400 GBP
Description
ETIENNE CHARLES LE GUAY (FRENCH, 1762-1846)
An important miniature of a young lady formerly called Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese, three-quarter length seated on a grassy bank holding an open book in her left hand, in white dress, multi-coloured embroidered cashmere stole draped over her right shoulder, her right arm raised to her forehead, tortoiseshell comb in her upswept and curled dark brown hair; flowers and foliage background (artist's joins)
signed 'Le Guay.' (mid-left)
oval, 8¾ in. (222 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame
An important miniature of a young lady formerly called Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese, three-quarter length seated on a grassy bank holding an open book in her left hand, in white dress, multi-coloured embroidered cashmere stole draped over her right shoulder, her right arm raised to her forehead, tortoiseshell comb in her upswept and curled dark brown hair; flowers and foliage background (artist's joins)
signed 'Le Guay.' (mid-left)
oval, 8¾ in. (222 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Étienne-Charles Leguay achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in July 2005. In the IMPORTANT PORTRAIT MINIATURES AND OBJECTS OF VERTU auction, the work An Important Miniature of A Young Lady Formerly Called Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese, Three-Quarter Length Seated On A Grassy Bank Holding An Open Book In Her Left Hand, In White Dress, Multi-Coloured Embroidered Cashmere Stole Draped Over Her sold for GBP 20,400.00 (€ 29,590.01) - well above th Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Étienne-Charles Leguay; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Portrait Of A Lady And Gentleman, Circa 1801 sold at auction in December 2018 with the realized price of GBP 27,500.00 (€ 30,637.44).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Étienne-Charles Leguay erzielte im Juli 2005 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion IMPORTANT PORTRAIT MINIATURES AND OBJECTS OF VERTU wurde die Arbeit An Important Miniature of A Young Lady Formerly Called Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese, Three-Quarter Length Seated On A Grassy Bank Holding An Open Book In Her Left Hand, In White Dress, Multi-Coloured Embroidered Cashmere Stole Draped Over Her für GBP 20.400,00 (€ 29.590,01) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 8.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Étienne-Charles Leguay; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Portrait Of A Lady And Gentleman, Circa 1801 im Dezember 2018 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 27.500,00 (€ 30.637,44).