Sebastiano Conca

The Madonna and Child releasing souls from Purgatory

Found at Christies, London
Old Masters Day Sale, Lot 241
05.Jul - 05.Jul.2019
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 GBP
Price realised: 10.000 GBP
inscribed and dated 'Questo [...] stato regalato al Sig.r D· Dom·co Guastaferro dal Sig. Cav:r Seb:no Conca ed è stato fatto dal medemo [...] Lug· 1748 Ed è il bozzetto fatto per il quadro della Cong·ne della Morte' (on the reverse of the unlined canvas)
oil on canvas, unlined
18 3/8 x 12 ¼ in. (46.7 x 31.2 cm.)
Presented by the artist to Signor D. Domenico Guastaferro, July 1748 (according to the inscription on the reverse). | Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 24 April 2009, lot 102.

Sold at the lower estimate price

The work The Madonna and Child releasing souls from Purgatory by Sebastiano Conca was auctioned at Christies in London in July 2019. The result of GBP 10,000.00 (€ 10,979.34) was exactly at the lower end of the estimate range of GBP 10,000.00 – 15,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Sebastiano Conca achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Portrait of George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, PRS, three-quarter-length, standing in front of the Colosseum, right hand resting on a map of Italy, a statue of the Apollo Belvedere on a giltwood and marble table in December last year with an auction result of GBP 378,000.00 (€ 426,725.18).

Zuschlag beim unteren Schätzpreis

Die Arbeit The Madonna and Child releasing souls from Purgatory von Sebastiano Conca kam im Juli 2019 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von GBP 10.000,00 (€ 10.979,34) entsprach exakt dem unteren Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 10.000,00 – 15.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Sebastiano Conca erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Portrait of George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, PRS, three-quarter-length, standing in front of the Colosseum, right hand resting on a map of Italy, a statue of the Apollo Belvedere on a giltwood and marble table im Dezember letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 378.000,00 (€ 426.725,18).

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