Lucas Cranach II
The Virgin And Child With Infant Saint John The Baptist Sleeping
Estimate: 1.500.000 - 2.500.000 USD
Price realised: 1.762.500 USD
Price realised: 1.762.500 USD
Description
Lucas Cranach II (Wittenberg 1515-1586 Weimar)
The Virgin and Child with infant Saint John the Baptist sleeping
signed with the artist's device of a serpent with wings folded (center left)
oil on panel
34 x 22½ in. (86.1 x 57 cm.)
The Virgin and Child with infant Saint John the Baptist sleeping
signed with the artist's device of a serpent with wings folded (center left)
oil on panel
34 x 22½ in. (86.1 x 57 cm.)
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work The Virgin And Child With Infant Saint John The Baptist Sleeping by Lucas Cranach II was sold in the Renaissance auction at Christies in New York in January 2013. The price achieved of USD 1,762,500.00 (€ 1,297,482.33) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 1,500,000.00 – 2,500,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Lucas Cranach II - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a green velvet and orange dress and a pearl-embroidered black hat, which sold at auction in July 2007 for GBP 1,812,000.00 (€ 2,691,238.28).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit The Virgin And Child With Infant Saint John The Baptist Sleeping von Lucas Cranach II wurde im Januar 2013 in der Auktion Renaissance bei Christies in New York versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 1.762.500,00 (€ 1.297.482,33) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 1.500.000,00 – 2.500.000,00 angegeben worden. Für andere Arbeiten von Lucas Cranach II mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a green velvet and orange dress and a pearl-embroidered black hat beobachtet, die im Juli 2007 für GBP 1.812.000,00 (€ 2.691.238,28) versteigert wurde.
Lucas Cranach II - Auction history
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