Hans Sebald Beham
The Night ('Die Nacht')
Found at
Christies,
London
Old Master and British Works on Paper: Drawings, Watercolours and Prints 1500-1900, Lot 173
5. Jul - 5. Jul 2022
Old Master and British Works on Paper: Drawings, Watercolours and Prints 1500-1900, Lot 173
5. Jul - 5. Jul 2022
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 GBP
Price realised: 22.680 GBP
Price realised: 22.680 GBP
Description
HANS SEBALD BEHAM (1500-1550)
The Night ('Die Nacht')
engraving, 1548, on laid paper, without watermark, a very fine impression of this rare print, third, final state, with thread margins or trimmed on the platemark, the tip of the upper right corner skilfully made up, otherwise in very good condition
Plate & Sheet 110 x 78 mm.
The Night ('Die Nacht')
engraving, 1548, on laid paper, without watermark, a very fine impression of this rare print, third, final state, with thread margins or trimmed on the platemark, the tip of the upper right corner skilfully made up, otherwise in very good condition
Plate & Sheet 110 x 78 mm.
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work The Night ('Die Nacht') by Hans Sebald Beham was auctioned at Christies in London in July last year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 7,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 22,680.00 (€ 27,083.95). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Hans Sebald Beham - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Recto: A Putto Standing Beside A Flaming Urn Verso: Four Studies Of Men'S Heads, which sold at auction in July 2007 for GBP 48,000.00 (€ 71,291.08).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit The Night ('Die Nacht') von Hans Sebald Beham im Juli letzten Jahres bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 7.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 22.680,00 (€ 27.083,95) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Hans Sebald Beham mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Recto: A Putto Standing Beside A Flaming Urn Verso: Four Studies Of Men'S Heads beobachtet, die im Juli 2007 für GBP 48.000,00 (€ 71.291,08) versteigert wurde.
Hans Sebald Beham - Auction history
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