Pietro Berrettini
A nude youth kneeling before an altar
Found at
Christies,
London
Old Masters/New Scholars: Works of Art Sold to Benefit Rugby School, Lot 47
04.Dez - 04.Dez.2018
Old Masters/New Scholars: Works of Art Sold to Benefit Rugby School, Lot 47
04.Dez - 04.Dez.2018
Estimate: 15.000 - 25.000 GBP
Price realised: 45.000 GBP
Price realised: 45.000 GBP
Description
red chalk, top corners cut
14¼ x 10 1/8 in. (36.2 x 25.8 cm)
Jonathan Richardson Sen., London (1665-1747) (L. 2983, with his shelf mark Lh. 7.). | John Bouverie, Delapré Abbey, near Northampton (1722/3-1750) (L. 325). | M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum; with his inscription 'Rugby School Art Museum - e dono Matt: H: Bloxam' and date 1880 (on the mount).
14¼ x 10 1/8 in. (36.2 x 25.8 cm)
Jonathan Richardson Sen., London (1665-1747) (L. 2983, with his shelf mark Lh. 7.). | John Bouverie, Delapré Abbey, near Northampton (1722/3-1750) (L. 325). | M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum; with his inscription 'Rugby School Art Museum - e dono Matt: H: Bloxam' and date 1880 (on the mount).
Upper estimate price exceeded by 80 %.
This artwork by Pietro Berrettini achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in December 2018. In the Old Masters/New Scholars: Works of Art Sold to Benefit Rugby School auction, the work A nude youth kneeling before an altar sold for GBP 45,000.00 (€ 50,133.99) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 25,000.00. Admittedly, works by Pietro Berrettini have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Christ And The Woman Taken In Adultery in January 2016 with an auction result of USD 490,000.00 (€ 452,363.37).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 80 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Pietro Berrettini erzielte im Dezember 2018 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Masters/New Scholars: Works of Art Sold to Benefit Rugby School wurde die Arbeit A nude youth kneeling before an altar für GBP 45.000,00 (€ 50.133,99) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 25.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Pietro Berrettini auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Christ And The Woman Taken In Adultery im Januar 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 490.000,00 (€ 452.363,37).
Pietro Berrettini - Auction history
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