Salvator Rosa

The Fall of the Giants

Found at Christies, New York
Old Master Prints, Lot 211
25.Jan - 25.Jan.2017
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Price realised: 7.500 USD
etching with drypoint, 1663, on laid paper, watermark Figure holding a Cross in a Shield (similar to Briquet 1354), a very good impression of the second, final state, printing with a light plate tone in the sky, with margins, the usual horizontal central fold with an associated printer's crease, in very good condition, framed
Plate 720 x 475 mm., Sheet 740 x 486 mm.

Upper estimate price exceeded by 50 %.

In January 2017 Christies in New York held the auction Old Master Prints, which included the work The Fall of the Giants by Salvator Rosa. The »bidding war« ended at USD 7,500.00 (€ 6,948.30), 50% above the upper estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Salvator Rosa achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Portrait of the artist, half-length, in a brown doublet in July 2010 with an auction result of GBP 769,250.00 (€ 924,936.45).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 50 % übertroffen

Im Januar 2017 führte Christies in New York die Auktion Old Master Prints durch, in der auch die Arbeit The Fall of the Giants von Salvator Rosa zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 7.500,00 (€ 6.948,30) und damit 50% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Salvator Rosa erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Portrait of the artist, half-length, in a brown doublet im Juli 2010 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 769.250,00 (€ 924.936,45).

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