Lucas Cranach The Younger
The Ill-Matched Lovers
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture, Lot 252
28. Jan - 28. Jan 2010
Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture, Lot 252
28. Jan - 28. Jan 2010
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 USD
Price realised: 410.500 USD
Price realised: 410.500 USD
Description
Lucas Cranach the Younger
WITTENBERG 1515 - 1586
THE ILL-MATCHED LOVERS
oil on panel
7 1/2 by 5 1/2 in.; 19 by 14 cm.
Lord Kinnaird, Rossie Priory; | Anonymous Sale, Sotheby's, London, November 30, 1966, lot 83; | There purchased by Seymour R. Thaler, New York; | Thence by descent in the family.
WITTENBERG 1515 - 1586
THE ILL-MATCHED LOVERS
oil on panel
7 1/2 by 5 1/2 in.; 19 by 14 cm.
Lord Kinnaird, Rossie Priory; | Anonymous Sale, Sotheby's, London, November 30, 1966, lot 83; | There purchased by Seymour R. Thaler, New York; | Thence by descent in the family.
Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price
The work The Ill-Matched Lovers by Lucas Cranach II was worth USD 410,500.00 (€ 295,962.51) to a buyer in January 2010. This price was achieved in the auction Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture at Sothebys in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 70,000.00 many times over. Admittedly, works by Lucas Cranach II have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a green velvet and orange dress and a pearl-embroidered black hat in July 2007 with an auction result of GBP 1,812,000.00 (€ 2,691,238.28).
Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit The Ill-Matched Lovers von Lucas Cranach II war einem Käufer im Januar 2010 USD 410.500,00 (€ 295.962,51) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture bei Sothebys in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 70.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Lucas Cranach II auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a green velvet and orange dress and a pearl-embroidered black hat im Juli 2007 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 1.812.000,00 (€ 2.691.238,28).
Lucas Cranach II - Auction history
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