Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini
Portrait of the artist as Mars
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 GBP
Price realised: 104.500 GBP
Price realised: 104.500 GBP
Description
oil on canvas
15 ¾ x 11 7/8 in. (40 x 30.2 cm.)
inscribed ‘06=40 Mars opus eq Jo: Laurentÿ Bernini.1640 Dono datum alexandro de.Syris Amico suo’ (on a piece of canvas applied to the reverse)
Presented by the artist to Alessandro Siri, 1640. | The Mancini Collection, Naples. | Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 8 December 2005, lot 43, when acquired by the present owner.
15 ¾ x 11 7/8 in. (40 x 30.2 cm.)
inscribed ‘06=40 Mars opus eq Jo: Laurentÿ Bernini.1640 Dono datum alexandro de.Syris Amico suo’ (on a piece of canvas applied to the reverse)
Presented by the artist to Alessandro Siri, 1640. | The Mancini Collection, Naples. | Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 8 December 2005, lot 43, when acquired by the present owner.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Portrait of the artist as Mars by Gian Lorenzo Bernini was sold in the Old Master and British Paintings Day Sale auction at Christies in London in July 2016. The price achieved of GBP 104,500.00 (€ 124,168.61) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 80,000.00 – 120,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Christ Mocked, which sold at auction in February 2013 for USD 398,500.00 (€ 304,686.90).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Portrait of the artist as Mars von Gian Lorenzo Bernini wurde im Juli 2016 in der Auktion Old Master and British Paintings Day Sale bei Christies in London versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 104.500,00 (€ 124.168,61) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 80.000,00 – 120.000,00 angegeben worden. Für andere Arbeiten von Gian Lorenzo Bernini mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Christ Mocked beobachtet, die im Februar 2013 für USD 398.500,00 (€ 304.686,90) versteigert wurde.
Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Auction history
Other artists in this auction
