Placido Costanzi
Narcissus And Echo
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Important Old Master Paintings and European Works of Art Including Property of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Lot 248
8. Jun - 8. Jun 2007
Important Old Master Paintings and European Works of Art Including Property of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Lot 248
8. Jun - 8. Jun 2007
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 USD
Price realised: 204.000 USD
Price realised: 204.000 USD
Description
Placido CostanziRome 1702 - 1759
ROME 1702 - 1759
NARCISSUS AND ECHO
signed with the artist's initials on the dog's collar lower right
oil on canvas
53 1/2 y 39 in.; 136 by 99 cm.
Walter P. Chrysler, circa 1971; | From whom acquired by Jean M. Zimmerman; | From whom acquired by Jack Tanzer; | Anonymous Sale, London, Sotheby's, December 2, 1976, lot 227; | Anonymous Sale, New York, Christie's, January 29, 1999, lot 36, where purchased by the present collector.
ROME 1702 - 1759
NARCISSUS AND ECHO
signed with the artist's initials on the dog's collar lower right
oil on canvas
53 1/2 y 39 in.; 136 by 99 cm.
Walter P. Chrysler, circa 1971; | From whom acquired by Jean M. Zimmerman; | From whom acquired by Jack Tanzer; | Anonymous Sale, London, Sotheby's, December 2, 1976, lot 227; | Anonymous Sale, New York, Christie's, January 29, 1999, lot 36, where purchased by the present collector.
A top price for Placido Costanzi
This artwork by Placido Costanzi achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in June 2007. In the Important Old Master Paintings and European Works of Art Including Property of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery auction, the work Narcissus And Echo sold for USD 204,000.00 (€ 150,887.57) - well above the upper estimate of USD 70,000.00. This high result makes Narcissus And Echo the most expensive artwork by Placido Costanzi that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Placido Costanzi
Dieses Kunstwerk von Placido Costanzi erzielte im Juni 2007 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Important Old Master Paintings and European Works of Art Including Property of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery wurde die Arbeit Narcissus And Echo für USD 204.000,00 (€ 150.887,57) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 70.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Narcissus And Echo zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Placido Costanzi, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Placido Costanzi - Auction history
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