Prospero Fontana - The Feast of the Gods: Design for a ceiling compartment

Prospero Fontana

The Feast of the Gods: Design for a ceiling compartment

Found at Christies, London
Old Master and 19th Century Drawings, Lot 22
3. Jul - 3. Jul 2007
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 GBP
Price realised: 45.600 GBP
Description
Prospero Fontana (Bologna 1512-1597)
The Feast of the Gods: Design for a ceiling compartment
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white, on blue paper, shaped
9 5/8 x 15 5/8 in. (245 x 398 mm.)
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Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Prospero Fontana achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in July 2007. In the Old Master and 19th Century Drawings auction, the work The Feast of the Gods: Design for a ceiling compartment sold for GBP 45,600.00 (€ 67,726.53) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 20,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Prospero Fontana; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot The Holy Family With Saints John The Baptist And Catherine sold at auction in December 2013 with the realized price of GBP 80,500.00 (€ 96,829.02).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Prospero Fontana erzielte im Juli 2007 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master and 19th Century Drawings wurde die Arbeit The Feast of the Gods: Design for a ceiling compartment für GBP 45.600,00 (€ 67.726,53) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 20.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Prospero Fontana; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit The Holy Family With Saints John The Baptist And Catherine im Dezember 2013 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 80.500,00 (€ 96.829,02).

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