Philippe Mercier

Allegories Of The Five Senses: Hearing, Smell, Sight, Taste And Touch

Found at Sothebys, New York
Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture, Lot 329
28. Jan - 28. Jan 2010
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 USD
Price realised: 386.500 USD
Philippe Mercier
1689 - 1760
ALLEGORIES OF THE FIVE SENSES: HEARING, SMELL, SIGHT, TASTE AND TOUCH
Quantity: 5
Allegory of Hearing signed with the monogram lower left: P. M.;
Allegory of Sight signed with the monogram lower right: P. M.;
Allegory of Taste signed with the mongram lower right: P. M.
Swiss private collection, by 1961; | Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon; | With Roy Miles, London; | H. Dorfman; | Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, July 13, 1988, lots 84-88, for the five: £167,250, to the present owner.

A top price for Philippe Mercier

The work Allegories Of The Five Senses: Hearing, Smell, Sight, Taste And Touch by Philippe Mercier was worth USD 386,500.00 (€ 278,658.98) to a buyer in January 2010. This price was achieved in the auction Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture at Sothebys in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 80,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Allegories Of The Five Senses: Hearing, Smell, Sight, Taste And Touch the most expensive artwork by Philippe Mercier that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Philippe Mercier

Die Arbeit Allegories Of The Five Senses: Hearing, Smell, Sight, Taste And Touch von Philippe Mercier war einem Käufer im Januar 2010 USD 386.500,00 (€ 278.658,98) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture bei Sothebys in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 80.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Allegories Of The Five Senses: Hearing, Smell, Sight, Taste And Touch zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Philippe Mercier, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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