Marco Ricci
An Opera Rehearsal
Found at
Christies,
London
Old Masters Evening Sale, Lot 52
8. Jul - 8. Jul 2021
Old Masters Evening Sale, Lot 52
8. Jul - 8. Jul 2021
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Marco Ricci (Belluno 1676-1730)
An Opera Rehearsal
oil on canvas
18 7/8 x 22 ½ in. (48 x 57.1 cm.)
inscribed by Horace Walpole 'Bought at the sale of John Duke of Argyll in / March 1771. I believe it was not painted by / Hogarth as the Singers, of which the Woman in /black is Signora Margherita, were antecedent / in time to Hogarth's painting, as appears by the dresses, which are of the latter end of Queen Anne's reign /Hor Walpole. / It was certainly painted by / Sebastian Ricci, and the / landscape by Marco Ricci' (on a label on the reverse)
- Charles Stanhope [probably Charles Stanhope of Elvaston (1673-1760), elder brother of William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington]; his sale (†), 3 June 1760, as 'Hogarth' (5 gns.). | John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll, KT (1693-1770); his sale (†), Langford & Son, London, 19 March 1771 (=1st day), where purchased by or on behalf of the following, | Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717-1797), Strawberry Hill, Twickenham (hung in the Great
An Opera Rehearsal
oil on canvas
18 7/8 x 22 ½ in. (48 x 57.1 cm.)
inscribed by Horace Walpole 'Bought at the sale of John Duke of Argyll in / March 1771. I believe it was not painted by / Hogarth as the Singers, of which the Woman in /black is Signora Margherita, were antecedent / in time to Hogarth's painting, as appears by the dresses, which are of the latter end of Queen Anne's reign /Hor Walpole. / It was certainly painted by / Sebastian Ricci, and the / landscape by Marco Ricci' (on a label on the reverse)
- Charles Stanhope [probably Charles Stanhope of Elvaston (1673-1760), elder brother of William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington]; his sale (†), 3 June 1760, as 'Hogarth' (5 gns.). | John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll, KT (1693-1770); his sale (†), Langford & Son, London, 19 March 1771 (=1st day), where purchased by or on behalf of the following, | Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717-1797), Strawberry Hill, Twickenham (hung in the Great
A top price for Marco Ricci - as previously expected
The work An Opera Rehearsal by Marco Ricci was sold in the Old Masters Evening Sale auction at Christies in London in July 2021. The price achieved of GBP 475,000.00 (€ 557,035.99) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 400,000.00 – 600,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, An Opera Rehearsal is the most expensive artwork by Marco Ricci that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit An Opera Rehearsal von Marco Ricci wurde im Juli 2021 in der Auktion Old Masters Evening Sale bei Christies in London versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 475.000,00 (€ 557.035,99) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 400.000,00 – 600.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist An Opera Rehearsal das teuerste Kunstwerk von Marco Ricci, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Marco Ricci - Auction history
