Pierre Paul Emmanuel De Pommayrac
Unknown
Found at
Christies,
London
Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes, Lot 168
10. Jun - 10. Jun 2010
Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes, Lot 168
10. Jun - 10. Jun 2010
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 18.750 GBP
Price realised: 18.750 GBP
Description
PIERRE PAUL EMMANUEL DE POMMAYRAC (FRENCH, 1806-1880)
Emperor Napoleon III (1808-1873), in military uniform, black coat with blue stripe on sleeve, gold-embroidered collar, gold epaulettes with three stars, wearing the red sash, badge and breast-star of the French Order of the Legion of Honour, the military medal and two other medals, sky background; together with his consort, Empress Eugenie (1826-1920), in white off-the-shoulder dress with puffed sleeves, blue mantle, sapphire-set brooch worn at corsage, pearl necklace, drop-pearl and sapphire-set earrings, wearing diamond and sapphire-set crown in her fair hair
he, signed 'P. de Pommayrac'; she, signed and dated 'P. de Pommayrac p x i t . 1860' (mid-right)
on ivory
ovals, he, 5 in. (125 mm.) high; she, 5½ in. (140 mm.) high, gilt-metal frames with frosted mounts, in rectangular brown velvet frames (2)
Emperor Napoleon III (1808-1873), in military uniform, black coat with blue stripe on sleeve, gold-embroidered collar, gold epaulettes with three stars, wearing the red sash, badge and breast-star of the French Order of the Legion of Honour, the military medal and two other medals, sky background; together with his consort, Empress Eugenie (1826-1920), in white off-the-shoulder dress with puffed sleeves, blue mantle, sapphire-set brooch worn at corsage, pearl necklace, drop-pearl and sapphire-set earrings, wearing diamond and sapphire-set crown in her fair hair
he, signed 'P. de Pommayrac'; she, signed and dated 'P. de Pommayrac p x i t . 1860' (mid-right)
on ivory
ovals, he, 5 in. (125 mm.) high; she, 5½ in. (140 mm.) high, gilt-metal frames with frosted mounts, in rectangular brown velvet frames (2)
A top price for Pierre Paul Emmanuel de Pommayrac
This artwork by Pierre Paul Emmanuel de Pommayrac achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in June 2010. In the Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes auction, the work Unknown sold for GBP 18,750.00 (€ 22,801.75) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 8,000.00. This high result makes Unknown the most expensive artwork by Pierre Paul Emmanuel de Pommayrac that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Pierre Paul Emmanuel de Pommayrac
Dieses Kunstwerk von Pierre Paul Emmanuel de Pommayrac erzielte im Juni 2010 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes wurde die Arbeit Unknown für GBP 18.750,00 (€ 22.801,75) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 8.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Unknown zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Pierre Paul Emmanuel de Pommayrac, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Pierre Paul Emmanuel de Pommayrac - Auction history
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