Ford Madox Brown
The Supper At Emmaus
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 50.000 GBP
Price realised: 50.000 GBP
Description
Ford Madox Brown
1821-1893
THE SUPPER AT EMMAUS
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
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; | Sotheby's, 'The Leverhulme Collection', 26-28 June 2001, lot 396; | Private collection
1821-1893
THE SUPPER AT EMMAUS
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
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; | Sotheby's, 'The Leverhulme Collection', 26-28 June 2001, lot 396; | Private collection
Upper estimate price exceeded by 67 %.
The work The Supper At Emmaus by Ford Madox Brown was auctioned at Sothebys in London in May 2014. It achieved a price of GBP 50,000.00 (€ 61,451.61), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 67%. 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).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 67 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit The Supper At Emmaus von Ford Madox Brown kam im Mai 2014 bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 50.000,00 (€ 61.451,61) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 67%. 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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