Georg Friedrich Kersting

Reading by Lamplight

Found at Sothebys, London
European & British Art, Part I, Lot 23
7. Jul - 13. Jul 2022
Estimate: 250.000 - 350.000 GBP
Price realised: 315.000 GBP
Property from a Private Collection
Georg Friedrich Kersting
German
1785 - 1847
Reading by Lamplight
oil on panel
Unframed: 47.5 by 35cm., 18¾ by 13¾in.
Framed: 59.5 by 50cm., 23½ by 19¾in.
A certificate of authenticity from Professor Werner Schnell, author of the 1994 Kersting catalogue raisonné, in which the present work, as a later discovery, could not be included, can be supplied for a fee. Please contact the department for further details.
Private Collection, Italy | Purchased from the above by the present owner

A top price for Georg Friedrich Kersting - as previously expected

In July last year Sothebys in London held the auction European & British Art, Part I, which included the work Reading by Lamplight by Georg Friedrich Kersting. The price achieved of GBP 315,000.00 (€ 376,165.95) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 250,000.00 – 350,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Reading by Lamplight is the most expensive artwork by Georg Friedrich Kersting that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage

Im Juli letzten Jahres führte Sothebys in London die Auktion European & British Art, Part I durch, in der auch die Arbeit Reading by Lamplight von Georg Friedrich Kersting zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 315.000,00 (€ 376.165,95) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 250.000,00 – 350.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Reading by Lamplight das teuerste Kunstwerk von Georg Friedrich Kersting, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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