Giovanni Battista Scultori

David cutting off the Head of Goliath

Found at Christies, New York
Old Master Prints, Lot 113
29. Jan - 29. Jan. 2019
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Price realised: 10.000 USD
engraving, 1540, on laid paper, watermark Fleur-de-Lys with Letters PM, a fine impression of this uncommon print, showing much fine relief recto and verso, with margins, some scattered foxing, a short tear in the lower margin at centre, otherwise in good condition
Plate 356 x 455 mm., Sheet 371 x 486 mm.
Unidentified, probably late 19th or early 20th century (Lugt 874b). | Ulrich Ochsenbein (1811-1890) and Alfred Ochsenbein (1883-1919), Switzerland; then by descent.

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

When the work David cutting off the Head of Goliath by Giovanni Battista Scultori was auctioned at Christies in New York in January 2019, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 3,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at USD 10,000.00 (€ 8,730.57). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Giovanni Battista Scultori; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot The Resurrection sold at auction in December 2019 with the realized price of GBP 8,125.00 (€ 9,602.80).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit David cutting off the Head of Goliath von Giovanni Battista Scultori im Januar 2019 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 3.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 10.000,00 (€ 8.730,57) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Giovanni Battista Scultori; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit The Resurrection im Dezember 2019 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 8.125,00 (€ 9.602,80).

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