François Boucher
The Sleep Of Venus
Estimate: 2.000.000 - 3.000.000 USD
Price realised: 2.405.000 USD
Price realised: 2.405.000 USD
Description
François Boucher
PARIS 1703 - 1770
THE SLEEP OF VENUS
signed and dated lower left: f. Boucher / 1754
oil on canvas, oval
40 3/8 by 35 1/4 in.; 102.5 by 89.5 cm.
Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (1721-1764), possibly in the King's bedroom in the Château de Bellevue, and in the postmortem inventory of her possessions with its pendant listed as in the vestibule on the ground floor of the Hôtel d'Evreux, also known as the Hôtel de Pompadour, the present-day Elysée Palace; | Her brother, Abel-François Poisson, Monsieur de Marigny and Marquis de Menars (1727-1781); | His deceased sale, Par
PARIS 1703 - 1770
THE SLEEP OF VENUS
signed and dated lower left: f. Boucher / 1754
oil on canvas, oval
40 3/8 by 35 1/4 in.; 102.5 by 89.5 cm.
Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (1721-1764), possibly in the King's bedroom in the Château de Bellevue, and in the postmortem inventory of her possessions with its pendant listed as in the vestibule on the ground floor of the Hôtel d'Evreux, also known as the Hôtel de Pompadour, the present-day Elysée Palace; | Her brother, Abel-François Poisson, Monsieur de Marigny and Marquis de Menars (1727-1781); | His deceased sale, Par
A top price for François Boucher - as previously expected
In January 2014 Sothebys in New York held the auction The Courts of Europe, which included the work The Sleep Of Venus by François Boucher. The price achieved of USD 2,405,000.00 (€ 1,781,481.48) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 2,000,000.00 – 3,000,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, The Sleep Of Venus is the most expensive artwork by François Boucher that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Im Januar 2014 führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion The Courts of Europe durch, in der auch die Arbeit The Sleep Of Venus von François Boucher zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 2.405.000,00 (€ 1.781.481,48) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 2.000.000,00 – 3.000.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist The Sleep Of Venus das teuerste Kunstwerk von François Boucher, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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