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- Pieter Bruegel the Elder
- The Drunkard pushed into the Pigsty
Pieter Bruegel I
The Drunkard pushed into the Pigsty
Estimate: 3.000.000 - 4.000.000 GBP
Price realised: 3.306.650 GBP
Price realised: 3.306.650 GBP
Description
Pieter Bruegel I (? Breda c. 1525/30-1569 Brussels)
The Drunkard pushed into the Pigsty
indistinctly signed and dated (see note, below)
oil on panel, circular
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) diam.
The Drunkard pushed into the Pigsty
indistinctly signed and dated (see note, below)
oil on panel, circular
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) diam.
A top price for Pieter Bruegel the Elder - as previously expected
The work The Drunkard pushed into the Pigsty by Pieter Bruegel the Elder was sold in the Important Old Master Pictures auction at Christies in London in July 2002. The price achieved of GBP 3,306,650.00 (€ 5,274,235.02) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 3,000,000.00 – 4,000,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, The Drunkard pushed into the Pigsty is the most expensive artwork by Pieter Bruegel the Elder that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit The Drunkard pushed into the Pigsty von Pieter Bruegel the Elder wurde im Juli 2002 in der Auktion Important Old Master Pictures bei Christies in London versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 3.306.650,00 (€ 5.274.235,02) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 3.000.000,00 – 4.000.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist The Drunkard pushed into the Pigsty das teuerste Kunstwerk von Pieter Bruegel the Elder, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.