Giovanni Mauro della Rovere
The Fall Of Simon Magus
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
The Jeffrey E. Horvitz Collection of Italian Drawings, Lot 40
23. Jan - 23. Jan 2008
The Jeffrey E. Horvitz Collection of Italian Drawings, Lot 40
23. Jan - 23. Jan 2008
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 18.750 USD
Price realised: 18.750 USD
Description
Giovanni Mauro della Rovere, called Il Fiammenghino
MILAN 1575 - 1640
THE FALL OF SIMON MAGUS
Pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white, over traces of black chalk, on blue paper;
bears initials and date in pen and brown ink: G.M.R. 1619 Guinio and bears inscription on the mount: guinio and Ecole Lombarde;
bears inscription on the back of the old mount: La chute de Simon le Magicien / a La plume Sur papier bleu Lavé a / l'encre de La Chine et rehausseé de blanc. Lomb
325 by 355mm
Van Parijs (L.2531 with number 115); | R.W.P. de Vries (L.2786a); | with Galerie Katrin Bellinger, Munich; acquired in 2002
MILAN 1575 - 1640
THE FALL OF SIMON MAGUS
Pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white, over traces of black chalk, on blue paper;
bears initials and date in pen and brown ink: G.M.R. 1619 Guinio and bears inscription on the mount: guinio and Ecole Lombarde;
bears inscription on the back of the old mount: La chute de Simon le Magicien / a La plume Sur papier bleu Lavé a / l'encre de La Chine et rehausseé de blanc. Lomb
325 by 355mm
Van Parijs (L.2531 with number 115); | R.W.P. de Vries (L.2786a); | with Galerie Katrin Bellinger, Munich; acquired in 2002
A top price for Giovanni Mauro della Rovere
In January 2008 Sothebys in New York held the auction The Jeffrey E. Horvitz Collection of Italian Drawings, which included the work The Fall Of Simon Magus by Giovanni Mauro della Rovere. The »bidding war« ended at USD 18,750.00 (€ 12,633.92), 56% above the upper estimate. This high result makes The Fall Of Simon Magus the most expensive artwork by Giovanni Mauro della Rovere that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Giovanni Mauro della Rovere
Im Januar 2008 führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion The Jeffrey E. Horvitz Collection of Italian Drawings durch, in der auch die Arbeit The Fall Of Simon Magus von Giovanni Mauro della Rovere zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 18.750,00 (€ 12.633,92) und damit 56% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Fall Of Simon Magus zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Giovanni Mauro della Rovere, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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