Ottavio Maria Leoni

Portrait of Pietro Paolo Melchiorri

Found at Sothebys, New York
From Taddeo to Tiepolo: The Dr. John O’Brien Collection of Old Master Drawings, Lot 215
27. Jan - 27. Jan 2021
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 34.020 USD
Ottavio Maria Leoni
Rome 1587 - 1630
Portrait of Pietro Paolo Melchiorri
Black chalk, heightened with white on blue-gray paper;
dated in brown ink, lower left: 20 / giugno / 1615
229 by 165 mm; 9 by 6 1/2 in
Probably Ottavio Leoni, | by descent to his son Ippolito Leoni; | Probably Cardinal Scipione Borghese; | Probably Prince Marcantonio Borghese, 1642 (according to Giovanni Baglione); | Probably Jean Bouteroue Marquis d' Aubigny, Paris, sold in 1747; | Marquis de Lagoy (1764-1829), Aix-en-Provence (L.1710); | Jacques Petithory (1929-1992), Paris (L.4138), | from whom acquired, circa 1971

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Ottavio Maria Leoni achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in January 2021. In the From Taddeo to Tiepolo: The Dr. John O’Brien Collection of Old Master Drawings auction, the work Portrait of Pietro Paolo Melchiorri sold for USD 34,020.00 (€ 28,034.61) - well above the upper estimate of USD 12,000.00. Admittedly, works by Ottavio Maria Leoni have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Portrait Of A Lady, Half-Length, Dressed In Pink in February 2013 with an auction result of USD 290,500.00 (€ 222,111.78).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Ottavio Maria Leoni erzielte im Januar 2021 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion From Taddeo to Tiepolo: The Dr. John O’Brien Collection of Old Master Drawings wurde die Arbeit Portrait of Pietro Paolo Melchiorri für USD 34.020,00 (€ 28.034,61) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 12.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Ottavio Maria Leoni auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Portrait Of A Lady, Half-Length, Dressed In Pink im Februar 2013 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 290.500,00 (€ 222.111,78).

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