Ford Madox Brown
The Supper At Emmaus 'And How It Was Known Of Them By Breaking Of Bread'
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 GBP
Price realised: 46.850 GBP
Price realised: 46.850 GBP
Description
Ford Madox Brown
1821-1893
THE SUPPER AT EMMAUS 'AND HOW IT WAS KNOWN OF THEM BY BREAKING OF BREAD'
signed with initials and dated l.l.: FMB 76; further signed, dated, titled and inscribed with the artist's address on a label attached to the reverse
watercolour with pen and ink, in the original frame designed by the artist
54 by 47cm., 21 by 18½in.
Bought from the artist by Charles J. Pooley of Manchester in April 1876; | W.H. Wood by 1911; | D. Stoner Crowther; | Christie's, 2 May 1924, lot 75 bought Gooden & Fox for 130 guineas on behalf of William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, of Cedar Lawn, Hampstead and later Thornton Manor, Merseyside; | Sotheby's, 'The Leverhulme Collection', 26-28 June 2001, lot 396; | Private collection
1821-1893
THE SUPPER AT EMMAUS 'AND HOW IT WAS KNOWN OF THEM BY BREAKING OF BREAD'
signed with initials and dated l.l.: FMB 76; further signed, dated, titled and inscribed with the artist's address on a label attached to the reverse
watercolour with pen and ink, in the original frame designed by the artist
54 by 47cm., 21 by 18½in.
Bought from the artist by Charles J. Pooley of Manchester in April 1876; | W.H. Wood by 1911; | D. Stoner Crowther; | Christie's, 2 May 1924, lot 75 bought Gooden & Fox for 130 guineas on behalf of William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, of Cedar Lawn, Hampstead and later Thornton Manor, Merseyside; | Sotheby's, 'The Leverhulme Collection', 26-28 June 2001, lot 396; | Private collection
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work The Supper At Emmaus 'And How It Was Known Of Them By Breaking Of Bread' by Ford Madox Brown was sold in the British & Irish Art auction at Sothebys in London in November 2012. The price achieved of GBP 46,850.00 (€ 57,714.45) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 40,000.00 – 60,000.00. Admittedly, works by Ford Madox Brown have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work The Last Of England in November 2004 with an auction result of GBP 206,850.00 (€ 297,552.61).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit The Supper At Emmaus 'And How It Was Known Of Them By Breaking Of Bread' von Ford Madox Brown wurde im November 2012 in der Auktion British & Irish Art bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 46.850,00 (€ 57.714,45) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 40.000,00 – 60.000,00 angegeben worden. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Ford Madox Brown auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit The Last Of England im November 2004 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 206.850,00 (€ 297.552,61).
Ford Madox Brown - Auction history
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