Samuel Andrews
Unknown
Found at
Christies,
London
Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Glass, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes, Lot 20
7. Jun - 7. Jun 2011
Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Glass, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes, Lot 20
7. Jun - 7. Jun 2011
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.000 GBP
Description
SAMUEL ANDREWS (IRISH, 1767-1807)
Richard, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760-1824), almost in profile to the right, in military uniform, wearing the sash and breast-star of the order of the Garter; together with a portrait of his brother, Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley (1773-1847), almost in profile to the right, in double-breasted coat, tied cravat
both en grisaille on ivory
ovals, 3¾ in. (98 mm.) high, gilt-metal mounts within rectangular green dyed horn frames (2)
Richard, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760-1824), almost in profile to the right, in military uniform, wearing the sash and breast-star of the order of the Garter; together with a portrait of his brother, Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley (1773-1847), almost in profile to the right, in double-breasted coat, tied cravat
both en grisaille on ivory
ovals, 3¾ in. (98 mm.) high, gilt-metal mounts within rectangular green dyed horn frames (2)
A top price for Samuel Andrews
This artwork by Samuel Andrews achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in June 2011. In the Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Glass, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes auction, the work Unknown sold for GBP 6,000.00 (€ 6,637.88) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 3,000.00. This high result makes Unknown the most expensive artwork by Samuel Andrews that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Samuel Andrews
Dieses Kunstwerk von Samuel Andrews erzielte im Juni 2011 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Glass, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes wurde die Arbeit Unknown für GBP 6.000,00 (€ 6.637,88) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 3.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Unknown zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Samuel Andrews, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Samuel Andrews - Auction history
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