Ludwig Schongauer
The Annunciation To The Virgin
Estimate: 25.000 - 35.000 GBP
Price realised: 97.250 GBP
Price realised: 97.250 GBP
Description
Ludwig Schongauer
AUGSBURG BEFORE 1440 - BEFORE 28 JANUARY 1494 COLMAR
THE ANNUNCIATION TO THE VIRGIN
oil on pinewood panel
49 by 30 cm.; 19 1/4 by 11 3/4 in.
The Fürstlichen Hohenzollern collection, Sigmaringen; | From whom acquired circa 1890 by Professor Friedrich Sarre, Berlin and Potsdam; | Thence by descent to the present owner.
AUGSBURG BEFORE 1440 - BEFORE 28 JANUARY 1494 COLMAR
THE ANNUNCIATION TO THE VIRGIN
oil on pinewood panel
49 by 30 cm.; 19 1/4 by 11 3/4 in.
The Fürstlichen Hohenzollern collection, Sigmaringen; | From whom acquired circa 1890 by Professor Friedrich Sarre, Berlin and Potsdam; | Thence by descent to the present owner.
A top price for Ludwig Schongauer
This artwork by Ludwig Schongauer achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in July 2010. In the Old Master and British Paintings Evening Sale auction, the work The Annunciation To The Virgin sold for GBP 97,250.00 (€ 116,932.17) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 35,000.00. This high result makes The Annunciation To The Virgin the most expensive artwork by Ludwig Schongauer that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Ludwig Schongauer
Dieses Kunstwerk von Ludwig Schongauer erzielte im Juli 2010 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master and British Paintings Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit The Annunciation To The Virgin für GBP 97.250,00 (€ 116.932,17) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 35.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Annunciation To The Virgin zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Ludwig Schongauer, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Ludwig Schongauer - Auction history
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