Louis-François Aubry
Unknown
Found at
Christies,
London
Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes, Lot 164
10. Jun - 10. Jun 2010
Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes, Lot 164
10. Jun - 10. Jun 2010
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 11.250 GBP
Price realised: 11.250 GBP
Description
LOUIS-FRANÇOIS AUBRY (FRENCH, 1767-1851)
Jérôme Bonaparte (1784-1860), King of Westphalia 1807-1813, in uniform of the Westphalian Infantry, white coat with gold-embroidered facings and blue border, gold epaulettes, wearing the badge and breast-star of the Grand Eagle of the Imperial French Order of the Legion of Honour, curled dark hair and sideburns
signed 'Aubry' (mid-right)
on ivory
oval, 1 5/8 in. (42 mm.) high, gold mount
Jérôme Bonaparte (1784-1860), King of Westphalia 1807-1813, in uniform of the Westphalian Infantry, white coat with gold-embroidered facings and blue border, gold epaulettes, wearing the badge and breast-star of the Grand Eagle of the Imperial French Order of the Legion of Honour, curled dark hair and sideburns
signed 'Aubry' (mid-right)
on ivory
oval, 1 5/8 in. (42 mm.) high, gold mount
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Unknown by Louis François Aubry was auctioned at Christies in London in June 2010, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 3,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 11,250.00 (€ 13,681.05). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Louis François Aubry; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Louis Bonaparte (1778-1846), King of Holland 1806-1810, in the green uniform of a general, with scarlet facings, silver epaulettes, wearing the breast-star and badge of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour and the badges of the Order of the Iro sold at auction in November 2007 with the realized price of GBP 10,000.00 (€ 14,
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Unknown von Louis François Aubry im Juni 2010 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 3.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 11.250,00 (€ 13.681,05) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Louis François Aubry; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Louis Bonaparte (1778-1846), King of Holland 1806-1810, in the green uniform of a general, with scarlet facings, silver epaulettes, wearing the breast-star and badge of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour and the badges of the Order of the Iro im November 2007 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 10.000,00 (€ 14.002,59).
Louis François Aubry - Auction history
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