John Thomas Serres R.A.
Shipping off Lisbon, a seventy-four Third Rate passing two small craft as she heads out of the Tagus into a squall, with an anchored British frigate off her port beam and the Belém Tower receding astern
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 GBP
Price realised: 84.000 GBP
Price realised: 84.000 GBP
Description
John Thomas Serres R.A. (1759-1825)
Shipping off Lisbon, a seventy-four Third Rate passing two small craft as she heads out of the Tagus into a squall, with an anchored British frigate off her port beam and the Belém Tower receding astern
signed 'Serres' (lower right)
oil on canvas
60 x 80 in. (152.4 x 203.3 cm.)
Shipping off Lisbon, a seventy-four Third Rate passing two small craft as she heads out of the Tagus into a squall, with an anchored British frigate off her port beam and the Belém Tower receding astern
signed 'Serres' (lower right)
oil on canvas
60 x 80 in. (152.4 x 203.3 cm.)
A top price for John Thomas Serres
The work Shipping off Lisbon, a seventy-four Third Rate passing two small craft as she heads out of the Tagus into a squall, with an anchored British frigate off her port beam and the Belém Tower receding astern by John Thomas Serres was auctioned at Christies in London in February 2005. It achieved a price of GBP 84,000.00 (€ 121,810.76), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 40%. With this result, Shipping off Lisbon, a seventy-four Third Rate passing two small craft as she heads out of the Tagus into a squall, with an anchored British frigate off her port beam and the Belém Tower receding astern is even the most expensive work of art by John Thomas Serres that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für John Thomas Serres
Die Arbeit Shipping off Lisbon, a seventy-four Third Rate passing two small craft as she heads out of the Tagus into a squall, with an anchored British frigate off her port beam and the Belém Tower receding astern von John Thomas Serres kam im Februar 2005 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 84.000,00 (€ 121.810,76) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 40%. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Shipping off Lisbon, a seventy-four Third Rate passing two small craft as she heads out of the Tagus into a squall, with an anchored British frigate off her port beam and the Belém Tower receding astern sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von John Thomas Serres, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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