Giovanni Di Paolo
Saint Clare rescuing the shipwrecked
Estimate: 1.500.000 - 2.000.000 GBP
Price realised: 5.313.750 GBP
Price realised: 5.313.750 GBP
Description
tempera and gold on panel, the composition extended to the edges of the panel
7 ¾ x 11 5/8 in. (19.7 x 29.5 cm.)
Richard von Kaufmann (1850–1908), Berlin; his sale (†), Hugo Helbing and Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 4 December 1917 (=1st day), lot 28, catalogued by M.J. Friedländer, (42,000 marks together with lot 27). | Harry Fuld (1872-1932), and by inheritance to his widow, Lucie Mayer-Fuld (1889-1966), and his two sons, | Harry Fuld (1913-1963) and Peter Fuld (1921-1962). | List of nationally valuable art works, 1938. | Sale through art dealers to the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin, 1940. | Gemäldegale
7 ¾ x 11 5/8 in. (19.7 x 29.5 cm.)
Richard von Kaufmann (1850–1908), Berlin; his sale (†), Hugo Helbing and Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 4 December 1917 (=1st day), lot 28, catalogued by M.J. Friedländer, (42,000 marks together with lot 27). | Harry Fuld (1872-1932), and by inheritance to his widow, Lucie Mayer-Fuld (1889-1966), and his two sons, | Harry Fuld (1913-1963) and Peter Fuld (1921-1962). | List of nationally valuable art works, 1938. | Sale through art dealers to the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin, 1940. | Gemäldegale
A top price for Giovanni di Paolo
This artwork by Giovanni di Paolo achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in December 2019. In the Old Masters Evening Sale auction, the work Saint Clare rescuing the shipwrecked sold for GBP 5,313,750.00 (€ 6,280,230.58) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 2,000,000.00. This high result makes Saint Clare rescuing the shipwrecked the most expensive artwork by Giovanni di Paolo that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Giovanni di Paolo
Dieses Kunstwerk von Giovanni di Paolo erzielte im Dezember 2019 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Masters Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit Saint Clare rescuing the shipwrecked für GBP 5.313.750,00 (€ 6.280.230,58) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 2.000.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Saint Clare rescuing the shipwrecked zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Giovanni di Paolo, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Giovanni di Paolo - Auction history
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