Henry Pether
View of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, by moonlight
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 21.150 GBP
Price realised: 21.150 GBP
Description
Henry Pether (1800-1880)
View of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, by moonlight
signed 'Henry Pether' (lower left)
oil on canvas
22 x 37¾ in. (55.9 x 90.4 cm.)
View of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, by moonlight
signed 'Henry Pether' (lower left)
oil on canvas
22 x 37¾ in. (55.9 x 90.4 cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Henry Pether achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in June 2000. In the British Pictures auction, the work View of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, by moonlight sold for GBP 21,150.00 (€ 33,525.35) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 8,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Henry Pether; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot View of The Thames By Moonlight, Towards London Bridge, With The Tower of London And Traitors' Gate In The Foreground sold at auction in November 2006 with the realized price of GBP 30,000.00 (€ 44,550.94).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Henry Pether erzielte im Juni 2000 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion British Pictures wurde die Arbeit View of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, by moonlight für GBP 21.150,00 (€ 33.525,35) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 8.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Henry Pether; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit View of The Thames By Moonlight, Towards London Bridge, With The Tower of London And Traitors' Gate In The Foreground im November 2006 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 30.000,00 (€ 44.550,94).
Henry Pether - Auction history
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