Giovanni Battista Castello
A Portable Altarpiece, With The Virgin And Child Enthroned, Flanked By Two Angels, Pope Pius V And Various Saints In Adoration; The Central Image Surrounded By Twenty Three Smaller Scenes
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Old Master Drawings, Lot 49
25. Jan - 25. Jan 2012
Old Master Drawings, Lot 49
25. Jan - 25. Jan 2012
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Giovanni Battista Castello
GENOA 1549 - 1639
A PORTABLE ALTARPIECE, WITH THE VIRGIN AND CHILD ENTHRONED, FLANKED BY TWO ANGELS, POPE PIUS V AND VARIOUS SAINTS IN ADORATION; THE CENTRAL IMAGE SURROUNDED BY TWENTY THREE SMALLER SCENES
Gouache heightened with gold on vellum; the central scene stretched over a copper plate.
Central image: 289 by 226 mm; 11 3/8 by 8 7/8 in, overall dimensions including frame: 790 by 490 mm; 31 1/4 by 5/16 in
An unidentified stamp F.G in a heart below a crown on former backboard; | sale, London, Christie's, 1 July 1997, lot 40 (as Flaminio Allegrini, the above mentioned backboard was with the drawing at the time of this sale); | with Rubinacci Antiquariato, Florence, Venti dipinti Genovesi del XVII e XVIII secolo (catalogue by Anna Orlando), 1999, p. 13, no. 7, fig. 3
GENOA 1549 - 1639
A PORTABLE ALTARPIECE, WITH THE VIRGIN AND CHILD ENTHRONED, FLANKED BY TWO ANGELS, POPE PIUS V AND VARIOUS SAINTS IN ADORATION; THE CENTRAL IMAGE SURROUNDED BY TWENTY THREE SMALLER SCENES
Gouache heightened with gold on vellum; the central scene stretched over a copper plate.
Central image: 289 by 226 mm; 11 3/8 by 8 7/8 in, overall dimensions including frame: 790 by 490 mm; 31 1/4 by 5/16 in
An unidentified stamp F.G in a heart below a crown on former backboard; | sale, London, Christie's, 1 July 1997, lot 40 (as Flaminio Allegrini, the above mentioned backboard was with the drawing at the time of this sale); | with Rubinacci Antiquariato, Florence, Venti dipinti Genovesi del XVII e XVIII secolo (catalogue by Anna Orlando), 1999, p. 13, no. 7, fig. 3
Upper estimate price exceeded by 79 %.
This artwork by Giovanni Battista Castello achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in January 2012. In the Old Master Drawings auction, the work A Portable Altarpiece, With The Virgin And Child Enthroned, Flanked By Two Angels, Pope Pius V And Various Saints In Adoration; The Central Image Surrounded By Twenty Three Smaller Scenes sold for USD 62,500.00 (€ 47,881.71) - well above the upper estimate of USD 35,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Giovanni Battista Castello; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot The Adoration Of The Magi sold at auction in January 2014 with the realized price of USD 100,000.00 (€ 74,074.07).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 79 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Giovanni Battista Castello erzielte im Januar 2012 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master Drawings wurde die Arbeit A Portable Altarpiece, With The Virgin And Child Enthroned, Flanked By Two Angels, Pope Pius V And Various Saints In Adoration; The Central Image Surrounded By Twenty Three Smaller Scenes für USD 62.500,00 (€ 47.881,71) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 35.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Giovanni Battista Castello; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit The Adoration Of The Magi im Januar 2014 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 100.000,00 (€ 74.074,07).
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