Jean-Baptiste Le Prince
Portrait Of A Woman On A Divan
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
True Connoisseurship: The Collection of Ezra & Cecile Zilkha, Lot 166
20. Nov - 20. Nov 2020
True Connoisseurship: The Collection of Ezra & Cecile Zilkha, Lot 166
20. Nov - 20. Nov 2020
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
JEAN-BAPTISTE LE PRINCE
PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN ON A DIVAN
signed and dated lower left: Le Prince 1772
oil on canvas, unlined
28 5/8 by 35 5/8 in.; 72.7 by 90.5 cm
Pierre Joseph Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brünstatt, by 1773, probably acquired directly from the artist | His sale, Paris, Baillet, 10 August 1795, lot 70, with incorrect dimensions | There probably acquired by Auguste Filleul | Thence by descent to Edmond Filleul (1818-1897) | Thence by descent in the Peyriague collection | By whom sold, Monaco, Sotheby's, 21 June 1991, lot 17 | There acquired
PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN ON A DIVAN
signed and dated lower left: Le Prince 1772
oil on canvas, unlined
28 5/8 by 35 5/8 in.; 72.7 by 90.5 cm
Pierre Joseph Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brünstatt, by 1773, probably acquired directly from the artist | His sale, Paris, Baillet, 10 August 1795, lot 70, with incorrect dimensions | There probably acquired by Auguste Filleul | Thence by descent to Edmond Filleul (1818-1897) | Thence by descent in the Peyriague collection | By whom sold, Monaco, Sotheby's, 21 June 1991, lot 17 | There acquired
A top price for Jean-Baptiste Le Prince - as previously expected
In November 2020 Sothebys in New York held the auction True Connoisseurship: The Collection of Ezra & Cecile Zilkha, which included the work Portrait Of A Woman On A Divan by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 600,000.00 – 800,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 625,000.00 (€ 523,100.10) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Portrait Of A Woman On A Divan is the most expensive artwork by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Im November 2020 führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion True Connoisseurship: The Collection of Ezra & Cecile Zilkha durch, in der auch die Arbeit Portrait Of A Woman On A Divan von Jean-Baptiste Le Prince zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 600.000,00 – 800.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 625.000,00 (€ 523.100,10) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Portrait Of A Woman On A Divan das teuerste Kunstwerk von Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Jean-Baptiste Le Prince - Auction history
