Nicolás Enríquez
The Assumption of the Virgin
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 USD
Price realised: 552.500 USD
Price realised: 552.500 USD
Description
Signed and dated 'Nicolaus Enrriquez./Anno dñi. 1744' (on stone, lower right) and inscribed 'MARIA VIRGO ASSUMPTA EST AD AETHEREUM THALAMUM, IN QUO REX REGUM STELLATO SEDET SOLIO,' (on banderole)
oil on copper
41 5/16 x 33 1/16 in. (105 x 84 cm.)
Painted in 1744.
Private collection, Paris by the end of the 19th century. | Anon sale, Sotheby's, New York, 16 November 2004, lot 39. | Private collection, Portugal. | Acquired from the above by the present owner.
oil on copper
41 5/16 x 33 1/16 in. (105 x 84 cm.)
Painted in 1744.
Private collection, Paris by the end of the 19th century. | Anon sale, Sotheby's, New York, 16 November 2004, lot 39. | Private collection, Portugal. | Acquired from the above by the present owner.
A top price for Nicolás Enríquez
This artwork by Nicolás Enríquez achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in November 2018. In the Latin American Art auction, the work The Assumption of the Virgin sold for USD 552,500.00 (€ 487,944.89) - well above the upper estimate of USD 300,000.00. This high result makes The Assumption of the Virgin the most expensive artwork by Nicolás Enríquez that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Nicolás Enríquez
Dieses Kunstwerk von Nicolás Enríquez erzielte im November 2018 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Latin American Art wurde die Arbeit The Assumption of the Virgin für USD 552.500,00 (€ 487.944,89) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 300.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Assumption of the Virgin zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Nicolás Enríquez, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Nicolás Enríquez - Auction history
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