Giovanni Battista Franco
Landscape With Figures, Possibly The Journey To Bethlehem
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Important Old Master Paintings Including European Works of Art, Lot 116
25. Jan - 25. Jan 2008
Important Old Master Paintings Including European Works of Art, Lot 116
25. Jan - 25. Jan 2008
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 USD
Price realised: 193.000 USD
Price realised: 193.000 USD
Description
Giovanni Battista Franco, called il Semolei
VENICE 1510 - 1561
LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES, POSSIBLY THE JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM
oil on panel
54 1/2 by 76 3/4 in.; 136.5 by 196 cm.
Dr. Albert Freiherr von Schrenk-Notzing, Palais Schrenk-Notzing, Max-Joseph-Straße, München (until 1929); | Purchased from the widow of the above by the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP), 1940; | Transferred to the Freistaat Bayern, January 9<sup>th</sup>, 1949 (Munich Central Collecting Point number 7698); | Lodged with the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, April 27<sup>th</sup>, 1959 (as Italian School, 16<sup>th</sup>
VENICE 1510 - 1561
LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES, POSSIBLY THE JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM
oil on panel
54 1/2 by 76 3/4 in.; 136.5 by 196 cm.
Dr. Albert Freiherr von Schrenk-Notzing, Palais Schrenk-Notzing, Max-Joseph-Straße, München (until 1929); | Purchased from the widow of the above by the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP), 1940; | Transferred to the Freistaat Bayern, January 9<sup>th</sup>, 1949 (Munich Central Collecting Point number 7698); | Lodged with the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, April 27<sup>th</sup>, 1959 (as Italian School, 16<sup>th</sup>
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by Giovanni Battista Franco could be acquired at Sothebys in New York in January 2008 for an unexpectedly low price. In the Important Old Master Paintings Including European Works of Art auction, the work Landscape With Figures, Possibly The Journey To Bethlehem changed hands for USD 193,000.00 (€ 130,045.15) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of USD 200,000.00 – 300,000.00. Other works by Giovanni Battista Franco have also sold for higher prices; the highest price we have seen at auction so far was achieved in March 2021 by the work Deux Études De Squelettes at EUR 250,000.00.
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von Giovanni Battista Franco konnte im Januar 2008 bei Sothebys in New York für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion Important Old Master Paintings Including European Works of Art wechselte die Arbeit Landscape With Figures, Possibly The Journey To Bethlehem für USD 193.000,00 (€ 130.045,15) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 200.000,00 – 300.000,00. Andere Arbeiten von Giovanni Battista Franco wurden auch schon teurer gehandelt; den höchsten Preis, den wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachten konnten, erzielte im März 2021 die Arbeit Deux Études De Squelettes mit EUR 250.000,00.
Giovanni Battista Franco - Auction history
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