Joseph Wright Of Derby, A.R.A.
An Academy By Lamplight
Estimate: 2.500.000 - 3.500.000 GBP
Price realised: 7.263.700 GBP
Price realised: 7.263.700 GBP
Description
Joseph Wright of Derby, A.R.A.
DERBY 1734 - 1797
AN ACADEMY BY LAMPLIGHT
oil on canvas
127 x 101.5 cm.; 50 x 40 in.
Probably Sir Francis Crossley, 1st Bt of Halifax (1817–1872), Belle Vue, Halifax, West Yorkshire; | Probably by inheritance to his widow Martha Eliza Crossley (c. 1821–1891), who, following her husband’s death, moved the contents of Belle Vue to Somerleyton Hall, Lowestoft, Suffolk; | By descent to her son, Sir Savile Crossley, 2nd Bt and 1st Lord Somerleyton (1857–1935), at Somerleyton Hall; | Thence by direct descent.
DERBY 1734 - 1797
AN ACADEMY BY LAMPLIGHT
oil on canvas
127 x 101.5 cm.; 50 x 40 in.
Probably Sir Francis Crossley, 1st Bt of Halifax (1817–1872), Belle Vue, Halifax, West Yorkshire; | Probably by inheritance to his widow Martha Eliza Crossley (c. 1821–1891), who, following her husband’s death, moved the contents of Belle Vue to Somerleyton Hall, Lowestoft, Suffolk; | By descent to her son, Sir Savile Crossley, 2nd Bt and 1st Lord Somerleyton (1857–1935), at Somerleyton Hall; | Thence by direct descent.
A top price for Joseph Wright of Derby
This artwork by Joseph Wright of Derby achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in December 2017. In the Old Masters Evening Sale auction, the work An Academy By Lamplight sold for GBP 7,263,700.00 (€ 8,174,230.35) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 3,500,000.00. This high result makes An Academy By Lamplight the most expensive artwork by Joseph Wright of Derby that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Joseph Wright of Derby
Dieses Kunstwerk von Joseph Wright of Derby erzielte im Dezember 2017 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Masters Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit An Academy By Lamplight für GBP 7.263.700,00 (€ 8.174.230,35) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 3.500.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht An Academy By Lamplight zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Joseph Wright of Derby, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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