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- Portrait of Queen Marie-Antoinette in a fictive frame, surrounded by an arbour and with allegorical figures of Germania and Gallia united below, flanking the globe
Johann Esaias Nilson
Portrait of Queen Marie-Antoinette in a fictive frame, surrounded by an arbour and with allegorical figures of Germania and Gallia united below, flanking the globe
Found at
Christies,
London
Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolours, Lot 81
5. Jul - 5. Jul 2011
Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolours, Lot 81
5. Jul - 5. Jul 2011
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 11.875 GBP
Price realised: 11.875 GBP
Description
Johann Esaias Nilson (Augsburg 1721-1788)
Portrait of Queen Marie-Antoinette in a fictive frame, surrounded by an arbour and with allegorical figures of Germania and Gallia united below, flanking the globe
black chalk, pen and black ink, grey wash, heightened with white, the contours incised and the verso reddened for transfer, watermark HR, unframed
8 7/8 x 6¼ in. (22.5 x 15.9 cm.)
Portrait of Queen Marie-Antoinette in a fictive frame, surrounded by an arbour and with allegorical figures of Germania and Gallia united below, flanking the globe
black chalk, pen and black ink, grey wash, heightened with white, the contours incised and the verso reddened for transfer, watermark HR, unframed
8 7/8 x 6¼ in. (22.5 x 15.9 cm.)
A top price for Johannes Esaias Nilson
This artwork by Johannes Esaias Nilson achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in July 2011. In the Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolours auction, the work Portrait of Queen Marie-Antoinette in a fictive frame, surrounded by an arbour and with allegorical figures of Germania and Gallia united below, flanking the globe sold for GBP 11,875.00 (€ 13,628.34) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 5,000.00. This high result makes Portrait of Queen Marie-Antoinette in a fictive frame, surrounded by an arbour and with allegorical figures of Germania and Gallia united below, flanking the globe the most expensive artwork by Johannes Esaias Nilson that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Johannes Esaias Nilson
Dieses Kunstwerk von Johannes Esaias Nilson erzielte im Juli 2011 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolours wurde die Arbeit Portrait of Queen Marie-Antoinette in a fictive frame, surrounded by an arbour and with allegorical figures of Germania and Gallia united below, flanking the globe für GBP 11.875,00 (€ 13.628,34) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 5.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Portrait of Queen Marie-Antoinette in a fictive frame, surrounded by an arbour and with allegorical figures of Germania and Gallia united below, flanking the globe zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Johannes Esaias Nilson, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.