Pier Leone Ghezzi
Caricatures Of Ferdinando Caracciolo Di Santobono And Filippo Gai
Estimate: 7.000 - 9.000 USD
Price realised: 8.125 USD
Price realised: 8.125 USD
Description
Pier Leone Ghezzi
ROME 1674 - 1755
CARICATURES OF FERDINANDO CARACCIOLO DI SANTOBONO AND FILIPPO GAI
Pen and brown ink over black chalk;
the mount inscribed with the identities of the sitters: (1) D. Ferdin. o Caracciolo di Santobono and (2) Filippo Gai and numbered: 7
the sheet numbered 1 and 2 near the heads of the respective sitters
290 by 210 mm; 11 3/8 by 8 5/16 in
Possibly from a volume of caricatures in the collection of King Charles III of Spain; | thence by descent in the Spanish Royal Collection until the Battle of Vittoria, 1813; | when seized by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, | by descent to the 7th Duke of Wellington; | the volume broken up in 1971 | sale, New York, Christie's, 30 January 1997, lot 70
ROME 1674 - 1755
CARICATURES OF FERDINANDO CARACCIOLO DI SANTOBONO AND FILIPPO GAI
Pen and brown ink over black chalk;
the mount inscribed with the identities of the sitters: (1) D. Ferdin. o Caracciolo di Santobono and (2) Filippo Gai and numbered: 7
the sheet numbered 1 and 2 near the heads of the respective sitters
290 by 210 mm; 11 3/8 by 8 5/16 in
Possibly from a volume of caricatures in the collection of King Charles III of Spain; | thence by descent in the Spanish Royal Collection until the Battle of Vittoria, 1813; | when seized by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, | by descent to the 7th Duke of Wellington; | the volume broken up in 1971 | sale, New York, Christie's, 30 January 1997, lot 70
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Caricatures Of Ferdinando Caracciolo Di Santobono And Filippo Gai by Pier Leone Ghezzi was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in January 2016. The price achieved of USD 8,125.00 (€ 7,500.92) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 7,000.00 – 9,000.00. Admittedly, works by Pier Leone Ghezzi have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Paolo De Matteis In His Studio in April 2008 with an auction result of USD 91,000.00 (€ 58,453.24).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Caricatures Of Ferdinando Caracciolo Di Santobono And Filippo Gai von Pier Leone Ghezzi kam im Januar 2016 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 8.125,00 (€ 7.500,92) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 7.000,00 – 9.000,00 angegeben worden. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Pier Leone Ghezzi auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Paolo De Matteis In His Studio im April 2008 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 91.000,00 (€ 58.453,24).
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