Mattia Preti
David Playing The Harp Before Saul
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Important Old Master Paintings Including European Works of Art, Lot 104
25. Jan - 25. Jan 2008
Important Old Master Paintings Including European Works of Art, Lot 104
25. Jan - 25. Jan 2008
Estimate: 2.000.000 - 3.000.000 USD
Price realised: 2.169.000 USD
Price realised: 2.169.000 USD
Description
Mattia Preti
TAVERNA 1613-1699 MALTA
DAVID PLAYING THE HARP BEFORE SAUL
oil on canvas
82 by 119 in.; 208.5 by 301.8 cm.
Duca di San Severino Gruther, Naples, by 1742; | Private collection (acquired in Naples, 1890s); | Thence by descent to M. Fraser, Córdoba, Argentina; | With Matthiesen Fine Art, Ltd., London, 1986.
TAVERNA 1613-1699 MALTA
DAVID PLAYING THE HARP BEFORE SAUL
oil on canvas
82 by 119 in.; 208.5 by 301.8 cm.
Duca di San Severino Gruther, Naples, by 1742; | Private collection (acquired in Naples, 1890s); | Thence by descent to M. Fraser, Córdoba, Argentina; | With Matthiesen Fine Art, Ltd., London, 1986.
A top price for Mattia Preti - as previously expected
In January 2008 Sothebys in New York held the auction Important Old Master Paintings Including European Works of Art, which included the work David Playing The Harp Before Saul by Mattia Preti. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 2,000,000.00 – 3,000,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 2,169,000.00 (€ 1,461,491.81) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Even if this result could not surprise positively, David Playing The Harp Before Saul is the most expensive artwork by Mattia Preti that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Im Januar 2008 führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion Important Old Master Paintings Including European Works of Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit David Playing The Harp Before Saul von Mattia Preti zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 2.000.000,00 – 3.000.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 2.169.000,00 (€ 1.461.491,81) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist David Playing The Harp Before Saul das teuerste Kunstwerk von Mattia Preti, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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