Jean-Simon Berthélemy
Head Of A Young Woman Looking Up
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Important Old Master Paintings Including European Works of Art, Lot 356
25. Jan - 25. Jan 2008
Important Old Master Paintings Including European Works of Art, Lot 356
25. Jan - 25. Jan 2008
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 21.250 USD
Price realised: 21.250 USD
Description
Jean-Simon Berthélemy Laon 1743 - 1811 Paris
LAON 1743 - 1811 PARIS
HEAD OF A YOUNG WOMAN LOOKING UP
oil on paper laid down on canvas
10 1/2 by 7 7/8 in.
26.8 by 20 cm.
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, January 19, 1984, lot 46 (as by Fragonard)
LAON 1743 - 1811 PARIS
HEAD OF A YOUNG WOMAN LOOKING UP
oil on paper laid down on canvas
10 1/2 by 7 7/8 in.
26.8 by 20 cm.
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, January 19, 1984, lot 46 (as by Fragonard)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 77 %.
This artwork by Jean-Simon Berthélemy achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in January 2008. In the Important Old Master Paintings Including European Works of Art auction, the work Head Of A Young Woman Looking Up sold for USD 21,250.00 (€ 14,318.44) - well above the upper estimate of USD 12,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Jean-Simon Berthélemy - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Les Bourgeois De Calaisjean-Simon Berthélemy ; The Burghers Of Calais ; Signed And Dated Lower Centre ; Oil On Canvas, which sold at auction in June 2012 for EUR 46,350.00.
Oberer Schätzpreis um 77 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Jean-Simon Berthélemy erzielte im Januar 2008 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Important Old Master Paintings Including European Works of Art wurde die Arbeit Head Of A Young Woman Looking Up für USD 21.250,00 (€ 14.318,44) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 12.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Jean-Simon Berthélemy mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Les Bourgeois De Calaisjean-Simon Berthélemy ; The Burghers Of Calais ; Signed And Dated Lower Centre ; Oil On Canvas beobachtet, die im Juni 2012 für EUR 46.350,00 versteigert wurde.
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