Luis De Morales
The Virgin And Child, Or La Virgén Del Sombrero
Estimate: 250.000 - 350.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.609.250 GBP
Price realised: 1.609.250 GBP
Description
Luis de Morales
BADAJOZ (?) CIRCA 1520 - 1586 (?) BADAJOZ
THE VIRGIN AND CHILD, OR LA VIRGÉN DEL SOMBRERO
oil on panel
66.5 by 46 cm.; 26 1/4 by 18 1/8 in.
Probably purchased by George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800-1870), during his ambassadorship in Madrid between 1833-39; | Thence by descent to the present owner.
BADAJOZ (?) CIRCA 1520 - 1586 (?) BADAJOZ
THE VIRGIN AND CHILD, OR LA VIRGÉN DEL SOMBRERO
oil on panel
66.5 by 46 cm.; 26 1/4 by 18 1/8 in.
Probably purchased by George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800-1870), during his ambassadorship in Madrid between 1833-39; | Thence by descent to the present owner.
A top price for Luis de Morales
When the work The Virgin And Child, Or La Virgén Del Sombrero by Luis de Morales was auctioned at Sothebys in London in December 2010, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 350,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 1,609,250.00 (€ 1,866,725.15). This high result makes The Virgin And Child, Or La Virgén Del Sombrero the most expensive artwork by Luis de Morales that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Luis de Morales
Als die Arbeit The Virgin And Child, Or La Virgén Del Sombrero von Luis de Morales im Dezember 2010 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 350.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 1.609.250,00 (€ 1.866.725,15) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Virgin And Child, Or La Virgén Del Sombrero zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Luis de Morales, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Luis de Morales - Auction history
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