Nicolas Lancret
Winter
Estimate: 1.500.000 - 2.000.000 USD
Price realised: 2.655.000 USD
Price realised: 2.655.000 USD
Description
Nicolas Lancret
PARIS 1690 - 1743
WINTER
oil on canvas
45 1/4 by 37 in.; 115 by 94 cm.
Commissioned from the artist by Jean-François Lériget de la Faye (1674-1731), Paris, and mentioned in his estate inventory of 26 September 1731, no. 87 (as part of a set of four, see catalogue note); | By descent to his nephew, Jean-François Lériget de la Faye II, Paris; | Pierre Vigné de Vigny (1690-1772), Paris, by 1753; | His sale, Paris, P. Remy, 1 April 1773, lot 100 (as part of a set of four); | Where acquired by Louis-François Mettra
PARIS 1690 - 1743
WINTER
oil on canvas
45 1/4 by 37 in.; 115 by 94 cm.
Commissioned from the artist by Jean-François Lériget de la Faye (1674-1731), Paris, and mentioned in his estate inventory of 26 September 1731, no. 87 (as part of a set of four, see catalogue note); | By descent to his nephew, Jean-François Lériget de la Faye II, Paris; | Pierre Vigné de Vigny (1690-1772), Paris, by 1753; | His sale, Paris, P. Remy, 1 April 1773, lot 100 (as part of a set of four); | Where acquired by Louis-François Mettra
A top price for Nicolas Lancret
The work Winter by Nicolas Lancret was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in February 2018. It achieved a price of USD 2,655,000.00 (€ 2,174,269.10), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 33%. With this result, Winter is even the most expensive work of art by Nicolas Lancret that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Nicolas Lancret
Die Arbeit Winter von Nicolas Lancret kam im Februar 2018 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 2.655.000,00 (€ 2.174.269,10) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 33%. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Winter sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Nicolas Lancret, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Nicolas Lancret - Auction history
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