Joris Hoefnagel
An Allegory Of The Struggle Between Avarice And Ambition
Estimate: 300.000 - 400.000 GBP
Price realised: 365.000 GBP
Price realised: 365.000 GBP
Description
Joris Hoefnagel
ANTWERP 1542 - 1600 VIENNA
AN ALLEGORY OF THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN AVARICE AND AMBITION
Pen and black ink and gouache, heightened with gold, on vellum laid down on paper, and then panel;
dated, top centre: 1571, and signed and dated, lower border (faintly legible): GEORGIUS HOEFNAGLE INVENTOR FACIEBAT ANTWERPIAE A o CIƆIƆLXXI. ARTIS NATURA MAGISTRA;
extensively inscribed in Latin:
(in cartouche, top centre) QUID NON MORTALIA PECTORA COGIS / AVRI SACRA FAMES ET HONORV DIRA CUPIDO?; (in border, top left) INFANS INGREDITUR and PUER ADOLESCIT; (in border, top right) JUVENIS FLORESCIT and VIR SENESCIT; (in border, lower right) SENEX FLACESSCIT and DECREPITUS OCCVMBIT; (in border, lower left) MORTVVS PVTESCIT and SPS REVIVISCIT; (in a scroll below the cartouche) MEDIOCRITAS; (on the left fighting man's shield) Hic vi ac ferro; (
Miss Isobel Akers (c.1853-1903), | by descent to her niece, Sibella Akers Norman-Butler (1876-1940), | by descent to the present owner
ANTWERP 1542 - 1600 VIENNA
AN ALLEGORY OF THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN AVARICE AND AMBITION
Pen and black ink and gouache, heightened with gold, on vellum laid down on paper, and then panel;
dated, top centre: 1571, and signed and dated, lower border (faintly legible): GEORGIUS HOEFNAGLE INVENTOR FACIEBAT ANTWERPIAE A o CIƆIƆLXXI. ARTIS NATURA MAGISTRA;
extensively inscribed in Latin:
(in cartouche, top centre) QUID NON MORTALIA PECTORA COGIS / AVRI SACRA FAMES ET HONORV DIRA CUPIDO?; (in border, top left) INFANS INGREDITUR and PUER ADOLESCIT; (in border, top right) JUVENIS FLORESCIT and VIR SENESCIT; (in border, lower right) SENEX FLACESSCIT and DECREPITUS OCCVMBIT; (in border, lower left) MORTVVS PVTESCIT and SPS REVIVISCIT; (in a scroll below the cartouche) MEDIOCRITAS; (on the left fighting man's shield) Hic vi ac ferro; (
Miss Isobel Akers (c.1853-1903), | by descent to her niece, Sibella Akers Norman-Butler (1876-1940), | by descent to the present owner
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work An Allegory Of The Struggle Between Avarice And Ambition by Joris Hoefnagel was sold in the Old Master & British Drawings auction at Sothebys in London in July 2015. The price achieved of GBP 365,000.00 (€ 517,447.41) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 300,000.00 – 400,000.00. Other works by Joris Hoefnagel have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in December 2012 the work A village festival with elegantly dressed figures in procession, a river and tower beyond was auctioned for GBP 481,250.00 (€ 593,514.90).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit An Allegory Of The Struggle Between Avarice And Ambition von Joris Hoefnagel wurde im Juli 2015 in der Auktion Old Master & British Drawings bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 365.000,00 (€ 517.447,41) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 300.000,00 – 400.000,00 angegeben worden. Andere Arbeiten von Joris Hoefnagel konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Dezember 2012 die Arbeit A village festival with elegantly dressed figures in procession, a river and tower beyond für GBP 481.250,00 (€ 593.514,90) versteigert.
Joris Hoefnagel - Auction history
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