Hans Memling
Christ Blessing
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture, Lot 10
1. Feb - 1. Feb 2013
Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture, Lot 10
1. Feb - 1. Feb 2013
Estimate: 1.000.000 - 1.500.000 USD
Price realised: 4.114.500 USD
Price realised: 4.114.500 USD
Description
Hans Memling
SELIGENSTADT 1430/40 - 1494 BRUGES
CHRIST BLESSING
oil on Baltic oak panel, unframed
13 1/2 by 10 1/2 in.; 34.4 by 31.7 cm.
Giuseppe Felice Bertalazzone, Conte d’Arrache, Turin (d.1854); | By inheritence to his nephew Conte Lorenzo Castellani Varzi; | His sale, Paris, Drouot, 28 February – 1 March 1859, lot 46 (as Hemling [J.]); | Where purchased by Marshall Woods; | By whom given to his son-in-law S.A.B. Abbott, 25 December 1874 (from labels on the reverse); | Thence by descent in the family to the present owners.
SELIGENSTADT 1430/40 - 1494 BRUGES
CHRIST BLESSING
oil on Baltic oak panel, unframed
13 1/2 by 10 1/2 in.; 34.4 by 31.7 cm.
Giuseppe Felice Bertalazzone, Conte d’Arrache, Turin (d.1854); | By inheritence to his nephew Conte Lorenzo Castellani Varzi; | His sale, Paris, Drouot, 28 February – 1 March 1859, lot 46 (as Hemling [J.]); | Where purchased by Marshall Woods; | By whom given to his son-in-law S.A.B. Abbott, 25 December 1874 (from labels on the reverse); | Thence by descent in the family to the present owners.
A top price for Hans Memling
This artwork by Hans Memling achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in February 2013. In the Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture auction, the work Christ Blessing sold for USD 4,114,500.00 (€ 3,145,882.71) - well above the upper estimate of USD 1,500,000.00. This high result makes Christ Blessing the most expensive artwork by Hans Memling that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Hans Memling
Dieses Kunstwerk von Hans Memling erzielte im Februar 2013 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture wurde die Arbeit Christ Blessing für USD 4.114.500,00 (€ 3.145.882,71) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 1.500.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Christ Blessing zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Hans Memling, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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