Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Le Verrou (The Bolt)
Estimate: 5.000.000 - 8.000.000 GBP
Price realised: 5.172.000 GBP
Price realised: 5.172.000 GBP
Description
Jean-Honoré FragonardGrasse 1732 - 1806 Paris
GRASSE 1732 - 1806 PARIS
LE VERROU (THE BOLT)
oil on panel, in a French carved and gilded double swept centre and corner Transitional frame, circa 1770
24 by 32.5cm.; 9 1/2 by 12 3/4in.
Marie-François-Henri de Franquetot, Duc de Coigny (1739-1821), Maréchal de France, from whom seized during the French Revolution and recorded in the inventory of the National Depository at Nesles made by Lebrun, 16 April -18 June 1794, no.6: `Esquisse du Verrou, sur bois, haut 8p<sup>o</sup>. larg 12p<sup>o</sup>. de fragonard'; | Antoine-Gabriel-Aimé Jourdan, Paris; | His sale Paris, Paillet-Delaroche, 4 April 1803, lot 13 ('l'esquisse du suj
GRASSE 1732 - 1806 PARIS
LE VERROU (THE BOLT)
oil on panel, in a French carved and gilded double swept centre and corner Transitional frame, circa 1770
24 by 32.5cm.; 9 1/2 by 12 3/4in.
Marie-François-Henri de Franquetot, Duc de Coigny (1739-1821), Maréchal de France, from whom seized during the French Revolution and recorded in the inventory of the National Depository at Nesles made by Lebrun, 16 April -18 June 1794, no.6: `Esquisse du Verrou, sur bois, haut 8p<sup>o</sup>. larg 12p<sup>o</sup>. de fragonard'; | Antoine-Gabriel-Aimé Jourdan, Paris; | His sale Paris, Paillet-Delaroche, 4 April 1803, lot 13 ('l'esquisse du suj
A top price for Jean-Honoré Fragonard - as previously expected
The work Le Verrou (The Bolt) by Jean-Honoré Fragonard was auctioned at Sothebys in London in July 2007. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 5,000,000.00 – 8,000,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 5,172,000.00 (€ 7,681,613.89) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Le Verrou (The Bolt) is the most expensive artwork by Jean-Honoré Fragonard that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit Le Verrou (The Bolt) von Jean-Honoré Fragonard kam im Juli 2007 bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 5.000.000,00 – 8.000.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 5.172.000,00 (€ 7.681.613,89) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Le Verrou (The Bolt) das teuerste Kunstwerk von Jean-Honoré Fragonard, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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