Lucas Cranach II

Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a green velvet and orange dress and a pearl-embroidered black hat

Found at Christies, London
Important Old Master and British Pictures (Evening Sale), Lot 48
5. Jul - 5. Jul 2007
Estimate: 500.000 - 700.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.812.000 GBP
Lucas Cranach II (Wittenberg 1515-1586 Weimar)
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a green velvet and orange dress and a pearl-embroidered black hat
oil on panel
24¼ x 15½ in. (61.6 x 39.4 cm.)

A top price for Lucas Cranach II

This artwork by Lucas Cranach II achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in July 2007. In the Important Old Master and British Pictures (Evening Sale) auction, the work Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a green velvet and orange dress and a pearl-embroidered black hat sold for GBP 1,812,000.00 (€ 2,691,238.28) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 700,000.00. This high result makes Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a green velvet and orange dress and a pearl-embroidered black hat the most expensive artwork by Lucas Cranach II that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Lucas Cranach II

Dieses Kunstwerk von Lucas Cranach II erzielte im Juli 2007 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Important Old Master and British Pictures (Evening Sale) wurde die Arbeit Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a green velvet and orange dress and a pearl-embroidered black hat für GBP 1.812.000,00 (€ 2.691.238,28) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 700.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a green velvet and orange dress and a pearl-embroidered black hat zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Lucas Cranach II, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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