Guido Reni

Allegory of Fortune, holding a crown

Found at Christies, London
Old Masters Evening Sale, Lot 36
03.Dez - 03.Dez.2019
Estimate: 600.000 - 800.000 GBP
Price realised: 599.250 GBP
oil on canvas
64 ¾ x 51 5/8 in. (164.4 x 131 cm.)
Painted for Monsignor Jacopo Altoviti, Florence. | Palazzo Falconieri, Rome. | Fidanza and Bersani, Rome, from whom purchased 20 November 1800 for 500 piastres by the following, | James Irvine (1757-1831) on behalf of Alexander Gordon (1765-1849), Edinburgh. | Michael Astor (1916-1980), Nettlebed, Oxfordshire, until circa 1975. | Cecil Hourani, Oxford and London, by 1982. | Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 8 July 1987, lot 37. | Frederick W. Field (b. 1953); Christie's, London, 5 July 1991, lo

Auction result misses estimated price range

This work of art by Guido Reni could be acquired at Christies in London in December 2019 for an unexpectedly low price. In the Old Masters Evening Sale auction, the work Allegory of Fortune, holding a crown changed hands for GBP 599,250.00 (€ 708,243.36) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of GBP 600,000.00 – 800,000.00. Admittedly, works by Guido Reni have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work David With The Head Of Goliath in July 2012 with an auction result of GBP 3,177,250.00 (€ 4,046,962.53).

Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne

Dieses Kunstwerk von Guido Reni konnte im Dezember 2019 bei Christies in London für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion Old Masters Evening Sale wechselte die Arbeit Allegory of Fortune, holding a crown für GBP 599.250,00 (€ 708.243,36) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 600.000,00 – 800.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Guido Reni auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit David With The Head Of Goliath im Juli 2012 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 3.177.250,00 (€ 4.046.962,53).

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