Reynaud Levieux
The Rest On The Flight Into Egypt
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 GBP
Price realised: 121.250 GBP
Price realised: 121.250 GBP
Description
Reynaud Levieux
NÎMES 1613 - 1699 ROME
THE REST ON THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT
oil on canvas
73.5 by 99 cm.; 29 by 39 in.
Count Orsa, Orvieto (according to an old inscription on the reverse of the frame); | Acquired by the great-great-great uncle of the present owner, probably in the 1920s; | Thence by descent.
NÎMES 1613 - 1699 ROME
THE REST ON THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT
oil on canvas
73.5 by 99 cm.; 29 by 39 in.
Count Orsa, Orvieto (according to an old inscription on the reverse of the frame); | Acquired by the great-great-great uncle of the present owner, probably in the 1920s; | Thence by descent.
A top price for Reynaud Levieux
This artwork by Reynaud Levieux achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in December 2011. In the Old Master and British Paintings Day Sale auction, the work The Rest On The Flight Into Egypt sold for GBP 121,250.00 (€ 145,214.00) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 50,000.00. This high result makes The Rest On The Flight Into Egypt the most expensive artwork by Reynaud Levieux that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Reynaud Levieux
Dieses Kunstwerk von Reynaud Levieux erzielte im Dezember 2011 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master and British Paintings Day Sale wurde die Arbeit The Rest On The Flight Into Egypt für GBP 121.250,00 (€ 145.214,00) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 50.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Rest On The Flight Into Egypt zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Reynaud Levieux, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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