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- Moritz Michael Daffinger
- A highly important miniature of Countess Elisaveta Ksaver'evna Vorontsova (1792-1880), leaning on her left elbow resting on multi-coloured cashemere stoles, her hand raised to her face, in brown dress with lace underdress and lace sleeves, jewelled s
Moritz Michael Daffinger
A highly important miniature of Countess Elisaveta Ksaver'evna Vorontsova (1792-1880), leaning on her left elbow resting on multi-coloured cashemere stoles, her hand raised to her face, in brown dress with lace underdress and lace sleeves, jewelled s
Found at
Christies,
London
Important Gold Boxes,Objects of Vertu & Portrait Miniatures, Lot 263
9. Dec - 9. Dec 2003
Important Gold Boxes,Objects of Vertu & Portrait Miniatures, Lot 263
9. Dec - 9. Dec 2003
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 GBP
Price realised: 50.190 GBP
Price realised: 50.190 GBP
Description
MORITZ MICHAEL DAFFINGER (AUSTRIAN, 1790-1849)
A highly important miniature of Countess Elisaveta Ksaver'evna Vorontsova (1792-1880), leaning on her left elbow resting on multi-coloured cashemere stoles, her hand raised to her face, in brown dress with lace underdress and lace sleeves, jewelled stick pin and gold chain tucked into her brown belt with gold buckle, gold-set jet brooch at corsage, gold bracelets and gem-set rings, pearl necklace, drop pearl earring, a pearl suspended from a gold chain on her forehead, her dark hair dressed in curls and upswept; draped maroon curtain with tassel background
signed 'Daffinger' (mid-right)
rectangular, 3 11/16 x 3 in. (94 x 76 mm.), ormolu frame with plamette inner border, the reverse engraved in Cyrillic 'Countess later Serene Princess Elisavata Ksaverievna Vorontsova née Countess Branitskaia lady in waiting and dame of the Order of St. Catherine, 1st Class. She died in 1880. She was the wife of Field Marshall Serene Prince Mikhail Semenovich Vorontsov who died in 1856'.
A highly important miniature of Countess Elisaveta Ksaver'evna Vorontsova (1792-1880), leaning on her left elbow resting on multi-coloured cashemere stoles, her hand raised to her face, in brown dress with lace underdress and lace sleeves, jewelled stick pin and gold chain tucked into her brown belt with gold buckle, gold-set jet brooch at corsage, gold bracelets and gem-set rings, pearl necklace, drop pearl earring, a pearl suspended from a gold chain on her forehead, her dark hair dressed in curls and upswept; draped maroon curtain with tassel background
signed 'Daffinger' (mid-right)
rectangular, 3 11/16 x 3 in. (94 x 76 mm.), ormolu frame with plamette inner border, the reverse engraved in Cyrillic 'Countess later Serene Princess Elisavata Ksaverievna Vorontsova née Countess Branitskaia lady in waiting and dame of the Order of St. Catherine, 1st Class. She died in 1880. She was the wife of Field Marshall Serene Prince Mikhail Semenovich Vorontsov who died in 1856'.
A top price for Moritz Michael Daffinger
This artwork by Moritz Michael Daffinger achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in December 2003. In the Important Gold Boxes,Objects of Vertu & Portrait Miniatures auction, the work A highly important miniature of Countess Elisaveta Ksaver'evna Vorontsova (1792-1880), leaning on her left elbow resting on multi-coloured cashemere stoles, her hand raised to her face, in brown dress with lace underdress and lace sleeves, jewelled s sold for GBP 50,190.00 (€ 71,087.56) - This high result makes A highly important miniature of Countess Elisaveta Ksaver'evna Vorontsova (1792-1880), leaning on her left elbow resting on multi-coloured cashemere stoles, her hand raised to her face, in brown dress with lace underdress and lace sleeves, jewelled s the most expensive artwork by Moritz Michael Daffinger that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Moritz Michael Daffinger
Dieses Kunstwerk von Moritz Michael Daffinger erzielte im Dezember 2003 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Important Gold Boxes,Objects of Vertu & Portrait Miniatures wurde die Arbeit A highly important miniature of Countess Elisaveta Ksaver'evna Vorontsova (1792-1880), leaning on her left elbow resting on multi-coloured cashemere stoles, her hand raised to her face, in brown dress with lace underdress and lace sleeves, jewelled s für GBP 50.190,00 (€ 71.087,56) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 20.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht A highly important miniature of Countess Elisaveta Ksaver'evna Vorontsova (1792-1880), leaning on her left elbow resting on multi-coloured cashemere stoles, her hand raised to her face, in brown dress with lace underdress and lace sleeves, jewelled s zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Moritz Michael Daffinger, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.