John Singleton Copley
Mars, Venus And Vulcan: The Forge Of Vulcan
Estimate: 30.000 - 40.000 USD
Price realised: 75.000 USD
Price realised: 75.000 USD
Description
John Singleton Copley
1738 - 1815
MARS, VENUS AND VULCAN: THE FORGE OF VULCAN
signed John S. Copley and dated 1754 (lower left)
oil on canvas
30 by 25 in.
76 by 63.5 cm.
Harriet Brown Chapman, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, about 1873-1903 | John Finley Chapman, Pueblo, Colorado, about 1905-1960 | Mrs. James Finley Chapman, Pueblo, Colorado, about 1960-1969 | Charles Chapman, Mankato, Minnesota, 1969-1976 | Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York | Sotheby's, January 16, 1998, lot 236 | Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
1738 - 1815
MARS, VENUS AND VULCAN: THE FORGE OF VULCAN
signed John S. Copley and dated 1754 (lower left)
oil on canvas
30 by 25 in.
76 by 63.5 cm.
Harriet Brown Chapman, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, about 1873-1903 | John Finley Chapman, Pueblo, Colorado, about 1905-1960 | Mrs. James Finley Chapman, Pueblo, Colorado, about 1960-1969 | Charles Chapman, Mankato, Minnesota, 1969-1976 | Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York | Sotheby's, January 16, 1998, lot 236 | Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by John Singleton Copley achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in April 2013. In the American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture auction, the work Mars, Venus And Vulcan: The Forge Of Vulcan sold for USD 75,000.00 (€ 56,956.26) - well above the upper estimate of USD 40,000.00. Admittedly, works by John Singleton Copley have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Portrait of James Tilley (1707-1765) in January 2006 with an auction result of USD 374,400.00 (€ 307,945.39).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von John Singleton Copley erzielte im April 2013 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture wurde die Arbeit Mars, Venus And Vulcan: The Forge Of Vulcan für USD 75.000,00 (€ 56.956,26) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 40.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von John Singleton Copley auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Portrait of James Tilley (1707-1765) im Januar 2006 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 374.400,00 (€ 307.945,39).
John Singleton Copley - Auction history
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