Johann Friedrich August Tischbein
Portrait Of The Artist And His Family
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 GBP
Price realised: 116.500 GBP
Price realised: 116.500 GBP
Description
Johann Friedrich August Tischbein
MAASTRICHT 1750 - 1812 HEIDELBERG
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AND HIS FAMILY
signed lower right edge: Tischbein / p: 1796 .
oil on canvas, cut on the upper and left edges
112.6 by 81.7 cm.; 44 1/4 by 32 1/8 in.
Prince Johann Georg von Dessau (1748–1811), by whom commissioned; | Caroline von Hill, by 1811; | Kapellmeister Schneider, Dessau, by 1823; | Wilhelm Friedrich Kunze, Leipzig, by 1853; | Otto Nauhardt, Leipzig, from 1862; | German Trade Union; | Acquired from the above in 1954 by the Museum der bildende Künste, Leipzig, inv. no. 1469; | Restituted to the rightful heirs but remained on long term loan to the Roentgen Museum, Neuwied, until recen
MAASTRICHT 1750 - 1812 HEIDELBERG
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AND HIS FAMILY
signed lower right edge: Tischbein / p: 1796 .
oil on canvas, cut on the upper and left edges
112.6 by 81.7 cm.; 44 1/4 by 32 1/8 in.
Prince Johann Georg von Dessau (1748–1811), by whom commissioned; | Caroline von Hill, by 1811; | Kapellmeister Schneider, Dessau, by 1823; | Wilhelm Friedrich Kunze, Leipzig, by 1853; | Otto Nauhardt, Leipzig, from 1862; | German Trade Union; | Acquired from the above in 1954 by the Museum der bildende Künste, Leipzig, inv. no. 1469; | Restituted to the rightful heirs but remained on long term loan to the Roentgen Museum, Neuwied, until recen
A top price for Johann Friedrich August Tischbein
The work Portrait Of The Artist And His Family by Johann Friedrich August Tischbein was sold in the Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale auction at Sothebys in London in July 2014. It achieved a price of GBP 116,500.00 (€ 146,943.13), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 66%. This high result makes Portrait Of The Artist And His Family the most expensive artwork by Johann Friedrich August Tischbein that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Johann Friedrich August Tischbein
Die Arbeit Portrait Of The Artist And His Family von Johann Friedrich August Tischbein wurde im Juli 2014 in der Auktion Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 116.500,00 (€ 146.943,13) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 66%. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Portrait Of The Artist And His Family zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Johann Friedrich August Tischbein - Auction history
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