Henryk Siemiradzki
Parnassus
Estimate: 400.000 - 600.000 GBP
Price realised: 680.500 GBP
Price realised: 680.500 GBP
Description
Property from a Private European Collection
Henryk Siemiradzki
1843 - 1902
Parnassus
signed in Latin and dated 1900 l.r.
oil on canvas
Canvas: 91 by 147cm, 35¾ by 57¾in.
Framed: 108 by 163cm, 42½ by 64¼in.
August Moritz Eduard Herbst (1844-1921) and his wife Mathilde (née Scheibler, 1856-1939), Lodz, possibly commissioned from the artist | Eduard Walter Herbst (1885-1929), their son, and his wife Ella Herbst (née Grohmann, 1899-1962), Silesia, and later Innsbruck, Austria | Thence by descent to the present owners
Henryk Siemiradzki
1843 - 1902
Parnassus
signed in Latin and dated 1900 l.r.
oil on canvas
Canvas: 91 by 147cm, 35¾ by 57¾in.
Framed: 108 by 163cm, 42½ by 64¼in.
August Moritz Eduard Herbst (1844-1921) and his wife Mathilde (née Scheibler, 1856-1939), Lodz, possibly commissioned from the artist | Eduard Walter Herbst (1885-1929), their son, and his wife Ella Herbst (née Grohmann, 1899-1962), Silesia, and later Innsbruck, Austria | Thence by descent to the present owners
A top price for Henryk Siemiradzki
The work Parnassus by Henryk Siemiradzki was sold in the Russian Pictures auction at Sothebys in London in December 2020. Here, the upper estimate of GBP 600,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for GBP 680,500.00 (€ 760,179.15). With this result, Parnassus is even the most expensive work of art by Henryk Siemiradzki that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Henryk Siemiradzki
Die Arbeit Parnassus von Henryk Siemiradzki wurde im Dezember 2020 in der Auktion Russian Pictures bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von GBP 600.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für GBP 680.500,00 (€ 760.179,15) einen neuen Besitzer. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Parnassus sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Henryk Siemiradzki, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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