Orazio Gentileschi
Danaë
Estimate: 25.000.000 - 35.000.000 USD
Price realised: 30.490.000 USD
Price realised: 30.490.000 USD
Description
Orazio Gentileschi
PISA 1563 - 1639 LONDON
DANAË
oil on canvas
63 ½ by 89 ¼ in.; 161.3 by 226.7 cm.
Commissioned in 1621 by Giovanni Antonio Sauli, Genoa; | By descent and inheritance in the family; | Thomas P. Grange, London, by 1975; | By whom sold in 1977 to Richard L. Feigen; | By whom sold on 2 October 1998 to a family trust, the present consignor.
PISA 1563 - 1639 LONDON
DANAË
oil on canvas
63 ½ by 89 ¼ in.; 161.3 by 226.7 cm.
Commissioned in 1621 by Giovanni Antonio Sauli, Genoa; | By descent and inheritance in the family; | Thomas P. Grange, London, by 1975; | By whom sold in 1977 to Richard L. Feigen; | By whom sold on 2 October 1998 to a family trust, the present consignor.
A top price for Orazio Gentileschi - as previously expected
The work Danaë by Orazio Gentileschi was sold in the Master Paintings Evening Sale auction at Sothebys in New York in January 2016. The price achieved of USD 30,490,000.00 (€ 28,148,079.76) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 25,000,000.00 – 35,000,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Danaë is the most expensive artwork by Orazio Gentileschi that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit Danaë von Orazio Gentileschi wurde im Januar 2016 in der Auktion Master Paintings Evening Sale bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 30.490.000,00 (€ 28.148.079,76) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 25.000.000,00 – 35.000.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Danaë das teuerste Kunstwerk von Orazio Gentileschi, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Orazio Gentileschi - Auction history
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