Francisco de Herrera the Elder
Saint John the Evangelist
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 35.280 GBP
Price realised: 35.280 GBP
Description
Drawings from the Collection of Carlos Alberto Cruz
Francisco de Herrera the Elder
Seville circa 1590 - 1656 Madrid
Saint John the Evangelist
Point of the brush and several shades of grey wash
150 by 107 mm
Frank Hall Standish (1799-1840), London, | by inheritance, with his entire at collection, to Louis Phillippe of Orléans, King of France (1773-1850), Paris, | his posthumous sale, Paris, Defer,- C.P.: Bonnefons, 6 December 1852, in lot 583 (sixteen items); | Herbert List, Munich (without his dry stamp)
Francisco de Herrera the Elder
Seville circa 1590 - 1656 Madrid
Saint John the Evangelist
Point of the brush and several shades of grey wash
150 by 107 mm
Frank Hall Standish (1799-1840), London, | by inheritance, with his entire at collection, to Louis Phillippe of Orléans, King of France (1773-1850), Paris, | his posthumous sale, Paris, Defer,- C.P.: Bonnefons, 6 December 1852, in lot 583 (sixteen items); | Herbert List, Munich (without his dry stamp)
A top price for Francisco de Herrera the Elder
The work Saint John the Evangelist by Francisco de Herrera the Elder was worth GBP 35,280.00 (€ 41,373.12) to a buyer in July 2021. This price was achieved in the auction Old Master & British Works on Paper at Sothebys in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 6,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Saint John the Evangelist the most expensive artwork by Francisco de Herrera the Elder that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Francisco de Herrera the Elder
Die Arbeit Saint John the Evangelist von Francisco de Herrera the Elder war einem Käufer im Juli 2021 GBP 35.280,00 (€ 41.373,12) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Old Master & British Works on Paper bei Sothebys in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 6.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Saint John the Evangelist zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Francisco de Herrera the Elder, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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