Evelyn De Morgan

The Wandering Jew: 'Whom the gods love die young'

Found at Christies, London
British Art: Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Lot 119
12.Dez - 12.Dez.2019
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 GBP
Price realised: 125.000 GBP
signed with initials and dated 'E P 1888' (lower right)
oil on canvas
31 x 41 in. (78,8 x 104.2 cm.)
Miss Pitcher, Acton, by 1891. | Private collection, USA, by 1970.

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Evelyn de Morgan achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in December 2019. In the British Art: Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art auction, the work The Wandering Jew: 'Whom the gods love die young' sold for GBP 125,000.00 (€ 147,735.37) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 60,000.00. Admittedly, works by Evelyn de Morgan have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Gloria in Excelsis in December 2020 with an auction result of GBP 622,500.00 (€ 695,387.98).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Evelyn de Morgan erzielte im Dezember 2019 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion British Art: Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art wurde die Arbeit The Wandering Jew: 'Whom the gods love die young' für GBP 125.000,00 (€ 147.735,37) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 60.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Evelyn de Morgan auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Gloria in Excelsis im Dezember 2020 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 622.500,00 (€ 695.387,98).

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