Nicolas Poussin
Recto: The Finding Of Queen Zenobia On The Banks Of The River Araxes; Verso: Various Sketches: The Head And Shoulders Of A Woman Resting Her Cheek On Her Right Hand, And A Further Study Of A Left Hand, A Landscape, And At The Bottom A Slight Torso Of A M
Estimate: 70.000 - 90.000 GBP
Price realised: 73.250 GBP
Price realised: 73.250 GBP
Description
Nicolas Poussin
LES ANDELYS, NORMANDY 1594 - 1665 ROME
RECTO: THE FINDING OF QUEEN ZENOBIA ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER ARAXES; VERSO: VARIOUS SKETCHES: THE HEAD AND SHOULDERS OF A WOMAN RESTING HER CHEEK ON HER RIGHT HAND, AND A FURTHER STUDY OF A LEFT HAND, A LANDSCAPE, AND AT THE BOTTOM A SLIGHT TORSO OF A MAN SEEN IN PROFILE
Pen and brown ink (recto);
red and black chalk (verso);
bears attribution in pencil, verso: N. Poussin
110 by 216 MM
Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445); | William Coningham (1815-1884), according to Chennevières the drawings from this collection were acquired en bloc by Colnaghi in 1846; | Aimé Charles Horace His de la Salle (1795-1878), according to Chennevières; | Marquis Ph. de Chennevières (L.2072), recorded in L'Artiste, Une collection de dessins d'artistes français, chapter 1, p. 92; | his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 4-7 April 1900, possibly part of lot 41
LES ANDELYS, NORMANDY 1594 - 1665 ROME
RECTO: THE FINDING OF QUEEN ZENOBIA ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER ARAXES; VERSO: VARIOUS SKETCHES: THE HEAD AND SHOULDERS OF A WOMAN RESTING HER CHEEK ON HER RIGHT HAND, AND A FURTHER STUDY OF A LEFT HAND, A LANDSCAPE, AND AT THE BOTTOM A SLIGHT TORSO OF A MAN SEEN IN PROFILE
Pen and brown ink (recto);
red and black chalk (verso);
bears attribution in pencil, verso: N. Poussin
110 by 216 MM
Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445); | William Coningham (1815-1884), according to Chennevières the drawings from this collection were acquired en bloc by Colnaghi in 1846; | Aimé Charles Horace His de la Salle (1795-1878), according to Chennevières; | Marquis Ph. de Chennevières (L.2072), recorded in L'Artiste, Une collection de dessins d'artistes français, chapter 1, p. 92; | his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 4-7 April 1900, possibly part of lot 41
Auction result well in line with expectations
In July 2008 Sothebys in London held the auction Old Master Drawings, which included the work Recto: The Finding Of Queen Zenobia On The Banks Of The River Araxes; Verso: Various Sketches: The Head And Shoulders Of A Woman Resting Her Cheek On Her Right Hand, And A Further Study Of A Left Hand, A Landscape, And At The Bottom A Slight Torso Of A M by Nicolas Poussin. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 70,000.00 – 90,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 73,250.00 (€ 93,064.95) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Nicolas Poussin achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Baptism Of Christ in December 2019 with an auction result of GBP 1,815,000.00 (€ 2,145,117.57).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Juli 2008 führte Sothebys in London die Auktion Old Master Drawings durch, in der auch die Arbeit Recto: The Finding Of Queen Zenobia On The Banks Of The River Araxes; Verso: Various Sketches: The Head And Shoulders Of A Woman Resting Her Cheek On Her Right Hand, And A Further Study Of A Left Hand, A Landscape, And At The Bottom A Slight Torso Of A M von Nicolas Poussin zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 70.000,00 – 90.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 73.250,00 (€ 93.064,95) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Nicolas Poussin erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Baptism Of Christ im Dezember 2019 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 1.815.000,00 (€ 2.145.117,57).
Nicolas Poussin - Auction history
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