Giovanni Battista Pittoni
Achilles Among The Daughters Of Lycomedes
Estimate: 120.000 - 180.000 GBP
Price realised: 250.000 GBP
Price realised: 250.000 GBP
Description
Giovanni Battista Pittoni
VENICE 1687-1767
ACHILLES AMONG THE DAUGHTERS OF LYCOMEDES
oil on canvas
111 x 145.5 cm.; 43 3/4 x 57 1/4 in.
Dr Voss (his collector's label affixed to the stretcher); | Prof. Dr Herman Wedewer (1852–1922), Wiesbaden; | His sale, Berlin, Rudolf Lepke, 2 December 1913, lot 87 (as Sebastiano Ricci) with pendant; | There acquired by Dr Martin Wassermann; | His sale, Berlin, Internationales Kunst und Auktionshaus, 21 April 1934, lot 190 (as Sebastiano Ricci); | Where bought back and thence by descent to the present owner.
VENICE 1687-1767
ACHILLES AMONG THE DAUGHTERS OF LYCOMEDES
oil on canvas
111 x 145.5 cm.; 43 3/4 x 57 1/4 in.
Dr Voss (his collector's label affixed to the stretcher); | Prof. Dr Herman Wedewer (1852–1922), Wiesbaden; | His sale, Berlin, Rudolf Lepke, 2 December 1913, lot 87 (as Sebastiano Ricci) with pendant; | There acquired by Dr Martin Wassermann; | His sale, Berlin, Internationales Kunst und Auktionshaus, 21 April 1934, lot 190 (as Sebastiano Ricci); | Where bought back and thence by descent to the present owner.
A top price for Giovanni Battista Pittoni
The work Achilles Among The Daughters Of Lycomedes by Giovanni Battista Pittoni was sold in the Old Masters Evening Sale auction at Sothebys in London in July 2019. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 250,000.00 (€ 274,483.38), 39% above the upper estimate. With this result, Achilles Among The Daughters Of Lycomedes is even the most expensive work of art by Giovanni Battista Pittoni that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Giovanni Battista Pittoni
Die Arbeit Achilles Among The Daughters Of Lycomedes von Giovanni Battista Pittoni wurde im Juli 2019 in der Auktion Old Masters Evening Sale bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 250.000,00 (€ 274.483,38) und damit 39% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Achilles Among The Daughters Of Lycomedes sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Giovanni Battista Pittoni, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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