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- Jean-Léon Gérôme
- The lute player
Jean-Léon Gérôme
The lute player
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 GBP
Price realised: 102.000 GBP
Price realised: 102.000 GBP
Description
Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824-1904)
The lute player
signed and dated 'J.L. GEROME/1858' (centre left)
oil on canvas
41 x 29cm (16 1/8 x 11 7/16in).
Possibly, Gustave Arosa, Paris (by 1858; acquired from the artist). | Georges Muller, Paris (by 1938). | Private collection, Paris. | Private collection, Greece (by 1966, as The Mandolinist); thence by descent.
The lute player
signed and dated 'J.L. GEROME/1858' (centre left)
oil on canvas
41 x 29cm (16 1/8 x 11 7/16in).
Possibly, Gustave Arosa, Paris (by 1858; acquired from the artist). | Georges Muller, Paris (by 1938). | Private collection, Paris. | Private collection, Greece (by 1966, as The Mandolinist); thence by descent.
Auction result well in line with expectations
In October this year Bonhams in London held the auction Orientalist Art, which included the work The lute player by Jean-Léon Gérôme. The price achieved of GBP 102,000.00 (€ 117,124.34) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 80,000.00 – 120,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Jean-Léon Gérôme achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Riders Crossing The Desert in October 2019 with an auction result of GBP 3,135,000.00 (€ 3,636,375.17).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Oktober diesen Jahres führte Bonhams in London die Auktion Orientalist Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit The lute player von Jean-Léon Gérôme zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 102.000,00 (€ 117.124,34) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 80.000,00 – 120.000,00 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Jean-Léon Gérôme erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Riders Crossing The Desert im Oktober 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 3.135.000,00 (€ 3.636.375,17).