Paolo De Matteis

The Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite

Found at Christies, London
Old Masters Day Sale, Lot 208
07.Jul - 07.Jul.2017
Estimate: 25.000 - 35.000 GBP
Price realised: 62.500 GBP
oil on canvas
20 ¾ x 30 1/8 in. (51.4 x 76.6 cm.)
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 14 December 1990, lot 393, as 'Attributed to Paolo de Matteis'. | Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Milan, 18 October 2006, lot 277.

Upper estimate price exceeded by 79 %.

This artwork by Paolo de Matteis achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in July 2017. In the Old Masters Day Sale auction, the work The Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite sold for GBP 62,500.00 (€ 69,740.40) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 35,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Paolo de Matteis - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Sacrifice of Isaac, which sold at auction in July 2006 for GBP 114,000.00 (€ 166,882.64).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 79 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Paolo de Matteis erzielte im Juli 2017 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Masters Day Sale wurde die Arbeit The Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite für GBP 62.500,00 (€ 69.740,40) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 35.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Paolo de Matteis mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Sacrifice of Isaac beobachtet, die im Juli 2006 für GBP 114.000,00 (€ 166.882,64) versteigert wurde.

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