Ginevra Cantofoli
A Sea-Nymph, Probably Galatea
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 137.500 USD
Price realised: 137.500 USD
Description
Property from the Collection of Stan Battat
GINEVRA CANTOFOLI
Bologna 1608-1672
A SEA-NYMPH, PROBABLY GALATEA
oil on canvas
28⅞ by 23¾ in.; 73.3 by 60.4 cm.
The Honorable Mrs. Lister-Kay, Ballinlea, near Dalkey, Co. Dublin (according to a label on the reverse); | Arthur and W. Sévérine Frankel; | By whose estate sold, New York, Sotheby's, 22 January 2004, lot 40 (as "Attributed to Michele Desubleo"); | There acquired by Luigi Koelliker, Milan and London; | By whom sold, London, Sotheby's, 4 December 2008, lot 196; | There acquired by the present owner.
GINEVRA CANTOFOLI
Bologna 1608-1672
A SEA-NYMPH, PROBABLY GALATEA
oil on canvas
28⅞ by 23¾ in.; 73.3 by 60.4 cm.
The Honorable Mrs. Lister-Kay, Ballinlea, near Dalkey, Co. Dublin (according to a label on the reverse); | Arthur and W. Sévérine Frankel; | By whose estate sold, New York, Sotheby's, 22 January 2004, lot 40 (as "Attributed to Michele Desubleo"); | There acquired by Luigi Koelliker, Milan and London; | By whom sold, London, Sotheby's, 4 December 2008, lot 196; | There acquired by the present owner.
A top price for Ginevra Cantofoli
This artwork by Ginevra Cantofoli achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in January 2020. In the Master Paintings & Sculpture Day Sale auction, the work A Sea-Nymph, Probably Galatea sold for USD 137,500.00 (€ 123,952.04) - well above the upper estimate of USD 60,000.00. This high result makes A Sea-Nymph, Probably Galatea the most expensive artwork by Ginevra Cantofoli that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Ginevra Cantofoli
Dieses Kunstwerk von Ginevra Cantofoli erzielte im Januar 2020 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Master Paintings & Sculpture Day Sale wurde die Arbeit A Sea-Nymph, Probably Galatea für USD 137.500,00 (€ 123.952,04) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 60.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht A Sea-Nymph, Probably Galatea zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Ginevra Cantofoli, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Ginevra Cantofoli - Auction history
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