Jean-Gabriel Prêtre
Le Promérops multifil, mâle -- Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise -- Seleucidis melanoleuca.
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 2.820 GBP
Price realised: 2.820 GBP
Description
Jean-Gabriel Prêtre (fl. 1800-1850)
Le Promérops multifil, mâle -- Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise -- Seleucidis melanoleuca.
signed "J.G. Prêtre", numbered "n°17", black chalk, pen and watercolour, watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gum arabic on light cream paper.
520 x 382 mm.
ENGRAVED -- Levaillant, Promérops et guepiers, plate 17.
Le Promérops multifil, mâle -- Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise -- Seleucidis melanoleuca.
signed "J.G. Prêtre", numbered "n°17", black chalk, pen and watercolour, watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gum arabic on light cream paper.
520 x 382 mm.
ENGRAVED -- Levaillant, Promérops et guepiers, plate 17.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Le Promérops multifil, mâle -- Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise -- Seleucidis melanoleuca. by Jean-Gabriel Prêtre was auctioned at Christies in London in November 2000. It changed hands for a price of GBP 2,820.00 (€ 4,609.18) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 2,000.00 – 3,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Jean-Gabriel Prêtre - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Deux éléphants d'Afrique - Two African Elephants [1 Lion - Lion 2, only the first signed "JG Prêtre" in gold in the margin, the first with gold framing lines.|AID962896], which sold at auction in June 2000 for GBP 7,050.00 (€ 11,175.12).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Le Promérops multifil, mâle -- Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise -- Seleucidis melanoleuca. von Jean-Gabriel Prêtre kam im November 2000 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 2.820,00 (€ 4.609,18) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 2.000,00 – 3.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Jean-Gabriel Prêtre mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Deux éléphants d'Afrique - Two African Elephants [1 Lion - Lion 2, only the first signed "JG Prêtre" in gold in the margin, the first with gold framing lines.|AID962896] beobachtet, die im Juni 2000 für GBP 7.050,00 (€ 11.175,12) versteigert wurde.
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