Lieutenant-General Ezekiel Barton
Brindavan near Mathura
Estimate: 2.500 - 3.500 GBP
Price realised: 8.365 GBP
Price realised: 8.365 GBP
Description
Lieutenant-General Ezekiel Barton (1781-1855)
Brindavan near Mathura
inscribed 'Bindrabun a place where monkies are held sacred & in the beginning of 19th Century two officers were pursued/into the river Jumna where they were drowned for firing at one!!!' (on the backing sheet, overmounted)
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour
17 1/8 x 23¼ in. (43.5 x 59 cm.)
Brindavan near Mathura
inscribed 'Bindrabun a place where monkies are held sacred & in the beginning of 19th Century two officers were pursued/into the river Jumna where they were drowned for firing at one!!!' (on the backing sheet, overmounted)
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour
17 1/8 x 23¼ in. (43.5 x 59 cm.)
A top price for Ezekiel Barton
This artwork by Ezekiel Barton achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in September 2003. In the Arts of India auction, the work Brindavan near Mathura sold for GBP 8,365.00 (€ 8,425.84) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 3,500.00. This high result makes Brindavan near Mathura the most expensive artwork by Ezekiel Barton that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Ezekiel Barton
Dieses Kunstwerk von Ezekiel Barton erzielte im September 2003 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Arts of India wurde die Arbeit Brindavan near Mathura für GBP 8.365,00 (€ 8.425,84) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 3.500,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Brindavan near Mathura zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Ezekiel Barton, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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