‘Monsu Habe’, Possibly Maximilien L’Abbe
An Allegory Of War
Found at
Christies,
London
Old Masters including Old Master & British Drawings and Watercolours, Lot 262
08.Dez - 08.Dez.2017
Old Masters including Old Master & British Drawings and Watercolours, Lot 262
08.Dez - 08.Dez.2017
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white-yellow, on various pieces of irregularly cut paper glued together
9¼ x 14½ in. (23.6 x 36.9 cm.)
Padre Sebastiano Resta (L. 2981 and 2992), with his number ‘l. 312’, mounted on an album page with inscription ‘Habe allievo di Vandyke’ (recto) and ‘RVBENS [partly cut] in Parigi dipinse un Portico con qlla occasione copio le/ cose dell’Abb.e Primaticcio’ (verso). | Giovanni Matteo Marchetti, bishop of Arezzo, 1698, and by descent to | Cavaliere Marchetti de Pistoia, 1704. | John, Lord Somers (L. 2981), 1710; London, 16 May 1717. | Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 9 July 2002
9¼ x 14½ in. (23.6 x 36.9 cm.)
Padre Sebastiano Resta (L. 2981 and 2992), with his number ‘l. 312’, mounted on an album page with inscription ‘Habe allievo di Vandyke’ (recto) and ‘RVBENS [partly cut] in Parigi dipinse un Portico con qlla occasione copio le/ cose dell’Abb.e Primaticcio’ (verso). | Giovanni Matteo Marchetti, bishop of Arezzo, 1698, and by descent to | Cavaliere Marchetti de Pistoia, 1704. | John, Lord Somers (L. 2981), 1710; London, 16 May 1717. | Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 9 July 2002
A top price for Monsu Habe
This artwork by Monsu Habe achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in December 2017. In the Old Masters including Old Master & British Drawings and Watercolours auction, the work An Allegory Of War sold for GBP 13,750.00 (€ 15,473.61) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 5,000.00. This high result makes An Allegory Of War the most expensive artwork by Monsu Habe that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Monsu Habe
Dieses Kunstwerk von Monsu Habe erzielte im Dezember 2017 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Masters including Old Master & British Drawings and Watercolours wurde die Arbeit An Allegory Of War für GBP 13.750,00 (€ 15.473,61) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 5.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht An Allegory Of War zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Monsu Habe, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Monsu Habe - Auction history
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