Giovanni Battista Lampi
Portrait Of Charles Whitworth, Later 1St Earl Whitworth (1752-1825), British Ambassador, Envoy-Extraordinary And Minister-Plenipotentiary To St. Petersburg
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 GBP
Price realised: 128.500 GBP
Price realised: 128.500 GBP
Description
Giovanni Battista Lampi
ROMENO 1751-1830 VIENNA
PORTRAIT OF CHARLES WHITWORTH, LATER 1ST EARL WHITWORTH (1752-1825), BRITISH AMBASSADOR, ENVOY-EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTER-PLENIPOTENTIARY TO ST. PETERSBURG
signed, centre right: Lampi Pinx.
oil on canvas
98.5 by 79.2 cm.; 38 3/4 by 31 1/4 in.
Commissioned in 1789 by the sitter, Lord Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl of Whitworth; | The Radziwill Collection, Château d´Ermenonville; | Their sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 8 March 1933, lot 13; | Private Collection, Europe; | By whom sold, Paris, Christie's, 14 December 2004, lot 213.
ROMENO 1751-1830 VIENNA
PORTRAIT OF CHARLES WHITWORTH, LATER 1ST EARL WHITWORTH (1752-1825), BRITISH AMBASSADOR, ENVOY-EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTER-PLENIPOTENTIARY TO ST. PETERSBURG
signed, centre right: Lampi Pinx.
oil on canvas
98.5 by 79.2 cm.; 38 3/4 by 31 1/4 in.
Commissioned in 1789 by the sitter, Lord Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl of Whitworth; | The Radziwill Collection, Château d´Ermenonville; | Their sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 8 March 1933, lot 13; | Private Collection, Europe; | By whom sold, Paris, Christie's, 14 December 2004, lot 213.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 61 %.
The work Portrait Of Charles Whitworth, Later 1St Earl Whitworth (1752-1825), British Ambassador, Envoy-Extraordinary And Minister-Plenipotentiary To St. Petersburg by Johann Baptist Lampi I was sold in the Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale auction at Sothebys in London in December 2014. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 128,500.00 (€ 165,422.11), 61% above the upper estimate. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Johann Baptist Lampi I; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Portrait of Count Franz Peter Friedrich von Diesbach (1739-1811), half-length sold at auction in April 2017 with the realized price of USD 271,500.00 (€ 249,196.88).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 61 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Portrait Of Charles Whitworth, Later 1St Earl Whitworth (1752-1825), British Ambassador, Envoy-Extraordinary And Minister-Plenipotentiary To St. Petersburg von Johann Baptist Lampi I wurde im Dezember 2014 in der Auktion Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 128.500,00 (€ 165.422,11) und damit 61% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Johann Baptist Lampi I; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Portrait of Count Franz Peter Friedrich von Diesbach (1739-1811), half-length im April 2017 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 271.500,00 (€ 249.196,88).
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