Niccolò Vicentino
The Death of Ajax
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.500 GBP
Price realised: 1.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.000 GBP
Description
chiaroscuro woodcuts printed from three blocks in black and two shades of grey, circa 1540-50, on laid paper, watermark Sun (not in Briquet or Woodward), a very good impression of the second, final state, re-published by Andreani in 1608
Block 317 x 419 mm.
Sheet 320 x 421 mm.
John Barnard (d. 1784), London (Lugt 1420); presumably his posthumous sale, Thomas Philipe, London, 16 April 1798 (and following days). | Unidentified letters M and NG13 (?) in brown ink verso (not in Lugt). | With Olimpia Theodoli, London. | Acquired from the above by the present owner on 18 February 2000.
Block 317 x 419 mm.
Sheet 320 x 421 mm.
John Barnard (d. 1784), London (Lugt 1420); presumably his posthumous sale, Thomas Philipe, London, 16 April 1798 (and following days). | Unidentified letters M and NG13 (?) in brown ink verso (not in Lugt). | With Olimpia Theodoli, London. | Acquired from the above by the present owner on 18 February 2000.
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by Niccolò Vicentino could be acquired at Christies in London in July 2020 for an unexpectedly low price. In the Old Master Prints auction, the work The Death of Ajax changed hands for GBP 1,000.00 (€ 1,115.42) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of GBP 1,500.00 – 2,500.00. Admittedly, works by Niccolò Vicentino have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Saints Peter and John in July 2020 with an auction result of GBP 5,250.00 (€ 5,855.98).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von Niccolò Vicentino konnte im Juli 2020 bei Christies in London für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion Old Master Prints wechselte die Arbeit The Death of Ajax für GBP 1.000,00 (€ 1.115,42) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 1.500,00 – 2.500,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Niccolò Vicentino auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Saints Peter and John im Juli 2020 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 5.250,00 (€ 5.855,98).
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