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- A Sea-Nymph, Possibly Galatea
Ginevra Cantofoli
A Sea-Nymph, Possibly Galatea
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 58.850 GBP
Price realised: 58.850 GBP
Description
Ginevra Cantofoli
BOLOGNA 1608-1672
A SEA-NYMPH, POSSIBLY GALATEA
oil on canvas
73.3 by 60.4 cm.; 28 7/8 by 23 3/4 in.
The Honorable Mrs. Lister-Kay, Ballinlea, near Dalkey, Co. Dublin (according to a label on the reverse). | Arthur and W. Sévérine Frankel; | Sale of their estates, New York, Sotheby's, 22 January 2004, lot 40 (as 'Attributed to Michele Desubleo'), when accquired by the present owner.
BOLOGNA 1608-1672
A SEA-NYMPH, POSSIBLY GALATEA
oil on canvas
73.3 by 60.4 cm.; 28 7/8 by 23 3/4 in.
The Honorable Mrs. Lister-Kay, Ballinlea, near Dalkey, Co. Dublin (according to a label on the reverse). | Arthur and W. Sévérine Frankel; | Sale of their estates, New York, Sotheby's, 22 January 2004, lot 40 (as 'Attributed to Michele Desubleo'), when accquired by the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 96 %.
This artwork by Ginevra Cantofoli achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in December 2008. In the Old Master Paintings Day Sale auction, the work A Sea-Nymph, Possibly Galatea sold for GBP 58,850.00 (€ 61,809.62) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 30,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Ginevra Cantofoli - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A Sea-Nymph, Probably Galatea, which sold at auction in January 2020 for USD 137,500.00 (€ 123,952.04).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 96 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Ginevra Cantofoli erzielte im Dezember 2008 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master Paintings Day Sale wurde die Arbeit A Sea-Nymph, Possibly Galatea für GBP 58.850,00 (€ 61.809,62) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 30.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Ginevra Cantofoli mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A Sea-Nymph, Probably Galatea beobachtet, die im Januar 2020 für USD 137.500,00 (€ 123.952,04) versteigert wurde.