Maria Sibylla Merian
Studies Of Auriculas
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 24.000 GBP
Price realised: 24.000 GBP
Description
Maria Sibylla Merian Frankfurt-am-Main 1647 - 1717 Amsterdam
FRANKFURT-AM-MAIN 1647 - 1717 AMSTERDAM
STUDIES OF AURICULAS
signed with initials, lower right: MSM
bears numbering, top right: N.27;
bears extensive pencil inscriptions, verso, regarding whether or not Maria Sibylla Merian was an R.A.;
watercolour over black chalk, on vellum
William Esdaile (L.2617); | Lord Bates Collection (according to Charles Bale's pencil inscription, verso); | Charles Sackville Bale, sale of his collection (14th day), London, Christie's, 9 June 1881, in lot 2371*
FRANKFURT-AM-MAIN 1647 - 1717 AMSTERDAM
STUDIES OF AURICULAS
signed with initials, lower right: MSM
bears numbering, top right: N.27;
bears extensive pencil inscriptions, verso, regarding whether or not Maria Sibylla Merian was an R.A.;
watercolour over black chalk, on vellum
William Esdaile (L.2617); | Lord Bates Collection (according to Charles Bale's pencil inscription, verso); | Charles Sackville Bale, sale of his collection (14th day), London, Christie's, 9 June 1881, in lot 2371*
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Studies Of Auriculas by Maria Sibylla Merian was auctioned at Sothebys in London in July 2007. The price achieved of GBP 24,000.00 (€ 35,645.54) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 20,000.00 – 30,000.00. Admittedly, works by Maria Sibylla Merian have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium, in Latin and French. Amsterdam: Pierre Gosse, 1726. 2° (523 x 354mm). Latin and French title-pages in red and black with engraved vignette by D. Coster, title-page to the Oosterwyck 1 in November 2000 with an auction result of GBP 113,750.0
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Studies Of Auriculas von Maria Sibylla Merian kam im Juli 2007 bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 24.000,00 (€ 35.645,54) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 20.000,00 – 30.000,00 angegeben worden. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Maria Sibylla Merian auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium, in Latin and French. Amsterdam: Pierre Gosse, 1726. 2° (523 x 354mm). Latin and French title-pages in red and black with engraved vignette by D. Coster, title-page to the Oosterwyck 1 im November 2000 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 113.750,00 (€ 185.919,89).
Maria Sibylla Merian - Auction history
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