Maria Sybilla Merian
Still life with a Bee-eater perched a branch arranged in a Delft bowl with cherries, pears, apples, peaches and figs
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 42.000 USD
Price realised: 42.000 USD
Description
Maria Sybilla Merian (Frankfurt 1647-1717 Amsterdam)
Still life with a Bee-eater perched a branch arranged in a Delft bowl with cherries, pears, apples, peaches and figs
signed (?) 'M S. Merian' and with number '41'
black lead, watercolor, bodycolor, heightened with gum arabic, on vellum
14 x 16¾ in. (256 x 425 mm.)
Still life with a Bee-eater perched a branch arranged in a Delft bowl with cherries, pears, apples, peaches and figs
signed (?) 'M S. Merian' and with number '41'
black lead, watercolor, bodycolor, heightened with gum arabic, on vellum
14 x 16¾ in. (256 x 425 mm.)
Auction result well in line with expectations
In January 2007 Christies in New York held the auction Old Master Drawings, which included the work Still life with a Bee-eater perched a branch arranged in a Delft bowl with cherries, pears, apples, peaches and figs by Maria Sibylla Merian. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 40,000.00 – 60,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 42,000.00 (€ 32,312.66) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. 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
Im Januar 2007 führte Christies in New York die Auktion Old Master Drawings durch, in der auch die Arbeit Still life with a Bee-eater perched a branch arranged in a Delft bowl with cherries, pears, apples, peaches and figs von Maria Sibylla Merian zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 40.000,00 – 60.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 42.000,00 (€ 32.312,66) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. 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
Maria Sibylla Merian - Auction history
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