Francesco Fontebasso
Rebecca And Eliezer At The Well
Estimate: 120.000 - 180.000 GBP
Price realised: 140.500 GBP
Price realised: 140.500 GBP
Description
oil on canvas
48 x 59 ¾ in. (121.9 x 151.8 cm.)
Oskar Dusendschön, Geneva. | Anonymous sale [Property from a Private Collection, Geneva]; Habsburg Feldman, New York, 9 January 1990, lot 48, when acquired by the present owner.
48 x 59 ¾ in. (121.9 x 151.8 cm.)
Oskar Dusendschön, Geneva. | Anonymous sale [Property from a Private Collection, Geneva]; Habsburg Feldman, New York, 9 January 1990, lot 48, when acquired by the present owner.
Auction result well in line with expectations
In December 2015 Christies in London held the auction Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale, which included the work Rebecca And Eliezer At The Well by Francesco Salvator Fontebasso. The price achieved of GBP 140,500.00 (€ 190,792.25) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 120,000.00 – 180,000.00. Other works by Francesco Salvator Fontebasso have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in January 2007 the work The Annunciation was auctioned for USD 312,000.00 (€ 240,036.93).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Dezember 2015 führte Christies in London die Auktion Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit Rebecca And Eliezer At The Well von Francesco Salvator Fontebasso zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 140.500,00 (€ 190.792,25) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 120.000,00 – 180.000,00 angegeben worden. Andere Arbeiten von Francesco Salvator Fontebasso konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Januar 2007 die Arbeit The Annunciation für USD 312.000,00 (€ 240.036,93) versteigert.