Johann Friedrich Overbeck
The Banishment of Hagar
Estimate: 150.000 - 250.000 GBP
Price realised: 581.000 GBP
Price realised: 581.000 GBP
Description
signed with monogram and dated 'FO/1841.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
39 x 44 ¾ in. (99.1 x 113.6 cm.)
Commissioned from the artist in 1841. | And thence by descent to the present owner.
oil on canvas
39 x 44 ¾ in. (99.1 x 113.6 cm.)
Commissioned from the artist in 1841. | And thence by descent to the present owner.
A top price for Friedrich Overbeck
This artwork by Friedrich Overbeck achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in December 2016. In the 19th Century European & Orientalist Art auction, the work The Banishment of Hagar sold for GBP 581,000.00 (€ 679,283.26) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 250,000.00. This high result makes The Banishment of Hagar the most expensive artwork by Friedrich Overbeck that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Friedrich Overbeck
Dieses Kunstwerk von Friedrich Overbeck erzielte im Dezember 2016 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion 19th Century European & Orientalist Art wurde die Arbeit The Banishment of Hagar für GBP 581.000,00 (€ 679.283,26) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 250.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Banishment of Hagar zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Friedrich Overbeck, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Friedrich Overbeck - Auction history
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