Sebald Beham
Recto: A Putto Standing Beside A Flaming Urn Verso: Four Studies Of Men'S Heads
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 48.000 GBP
Price realised: 48.000 GBP
Description
Sebald Beham
NUREMBERG 1500 - 1550 FRANKFURT-AM-MAIN
RECTO: A PUTTO STANDING BESIDE A FLAMING URN VERSO: FOUR STUDIES OF MEN'S HEADS
Pen and black ink over traces of black chalk (recto and verso)
149 by 158 MM
Possibly Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester (1602-1671; according to inscription on verso of former mount); | August Grahl, Dresden (L.1199)
NUREMBERG 1500 - 1550 FRANKFURT-AM-MAIN
RECTO: A PUTTO STANDING BESIDE A FLAMING URN VERSO: FOUR STUDIES OF MEN'S HEADS
Pen and black ink over traces of black chalk (recto and verso)
149 by 158 MM
Possibly Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester (1602-1671; according to inscription on verso of former mount); | August Grahl, Dresden (L.1199)
A top price for Hans Sebald Beham
The work Recto: A Putto Standing Beside A Flaming Urn Verso: Four Studies Of Men'S Heads by Hans Sebald Beham was sold in the Old Master Drawings auction at Sothebys in London in July 2007. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 48,000.00 (€ 71,291.08), 60% above the upper estimate. This high result makes Recto: A Putto Standing Beside A Flaming Urn Verso: Four Studies Of Men'S Heads the most expensive artwork by Hans Sebald Beham that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Hans Sebald Beham
Die Arbeit Recto: A Putto Standing Beside A Flaming Urn Verso: Four Studies Of Men'S Heads von Hans Sebald Beham wurde im Juli 2007 in der Auktion Old Master Drawings bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 48.000,00 (€ 71.291,08) und damit 60% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Recto: A Putto Standing Beside A Flaming Urn Verso: Four Studies Of Men'S Heads zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Hans Sebald Beham, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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