Mattia Preti

Saint John the Baptist Admonishing Herod

Found at Sothebys, New York
Master to Master: The Nelson Shanks Collection, Lot 144
21. Dec - 27. Jan 2022
Estimate: 800.000 - 1.200.000 USD
Price realised: 685.500 USD
Mattia Preti
Taverna 1613-1699 Malta
Saint John the Baptist Admonishing Herod
oil on canvas
canvas: 69 1/2 by 101 in.; 176.5 by 256.5 cm.
framed: 77 by 108 ½ in.; 195.6 by 275.6 cm.
Probably commissioned by Ferdinand van den Eynde, 1st Marquess of Castelnuovo (d. 1674), inv. 2 December 1688, no. 5; | By descent through his daughter Elisabetta to his son-in-law, Principe Carlo Carafa di Belvedere, inv. 10 January 1707, no. 5; | By whom sold, London, Christie's, 15 December 1770, lot 77 ("a large and capital picture, St. John before Herod"); | Allingham, by whom offered, London, Christie's, 6 June 1805, lot 73 (“St John before Herod – capital”, where unsold and subseque

Auction result misses estimated price range

This work of art by Mattia Preti could be acquired at Sothebys in New York in January last year for an unexpectedly low price. In the Master to Master: The Nelson Shanks Collection auction, the work Saint John the Baptist Admonishing Herod changed hands for USD 685,500.00 (€ 611,398.50) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of USD 800,000.00 – 1,200,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Mattia Preti - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work David Playing The Harp Before Saul, which sold at auction in January 2008 for USD 2,169,000.00 (€ 1,461,491.81).

Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne

Dieses Kunstwerk von Mattia Preti konnte im Januar letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in New York für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion Master to Master: The Nelson Shanks Collection wechselte die Arbeit Saint John the Baptist Admonishing Herod für USD 685.500,00 (€ 611.398,50) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 800.000,00 – 1.200.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Mattia Preti mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit David Playing The Harp Before Saul beobachtet, die im Januar 2008 für USD 2.169.000,00 (€ 1.461.491,81) versteigert wurde.

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