Leon Cogniet
Battle of Heliopolis, Lower Egypt
Estimate: 15.000 - 25.000 GBP
Price realised: 52.500 GBP
Price realised: 52.500 GBP
Description
signed 'Leon Cogniet' (lower left)
oil on canvas
29 x 23½ in. (73 x 59 cm.)
with Kurt E. Schon Ltd, USA. | Wallace C. Yost, New York. | His sale; Sotheby's, New York, 22 February 1989, lot 92. | with Mathaf Gallery, London. (inv. no. S.237). | Acquired from the above by the present owner.
oil on canvas
29 x 23½ in. (73 x 59 cm.)
with Kurt E. Schon Ltd, USA. | Wallace C. Yost, New York. | His sale; Sotheby's, New York, 22 February 1989, lot 92. | with Mathaf Gallery, London. (inv. no. S.237). | Acquired from the above by the present owner.
A top price for Léon Cogniet
This artwork by Léon Cogniet achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in July 2017. In the 19th Century European & Orientalist Art auction, the work Battle of Heliopolis, Lower Egypt sold for GBP 52,500.00 (€ 58,581.94) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 25,000.00. This high result makes Battle of Heliopolis, Lower Egypt the most expensive artwork by Léon Cogniet that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Léon Cogniet
Dieses Kunstwerk von Léon Cogniet erzielte im Juli 2017 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion 19th Century European & Orientalist Art wurde die Arbeit Battle of Heliopolis, Lower Egypt für GBP 52.500,00 (€ 58.581,94) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 25.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Battle of Heliopolis, Lower Egypt zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Léon Cogniet, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Léon Cogniet - Auction history
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