Johannes Vermeer - Saint Praxedis

Johannes Vermeer

Saint Praxedis

Found at Christies, London
Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale, Lot 39
8. Jul - 8. Jul 2014
Estimate: 6.000.000 - 8.000.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.242.500 GBP
Description
Johannes Vermeer (Delft 1632-1675)
Saint Praxedis
signed and dated ‘Meer 1655’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
40 x 32½ in. (101.6 x 82 cm.)
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A top price for Johannes Vermeer - as previously expected

In July 2014 Christies in London held the auction Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale, which included the work Saint Praxedis by Johannes Vermeer. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 6,000,000.00 – 8,000,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 6,242,500.00 (€ 7,873,755.23) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Saint Praxedis is the most expensive artwork by Johannes Vermeer that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage

Im Juli 2014 führte Christies in London die Auktion Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit Saint Praxedis von Johannes Vermeer zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 6.000.000,00 – 8.000.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 6.242.500,00 (€ 7.873.755,23) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Saint Praxedis das teuerste Kunstwerk von Johannes Vermeer, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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