Sir James Thornhill - Proposed Design For The Saloon Ceiling At Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire: The Apotheosis of Hercules

Sir James Thornhill

Proposed Design For The Saloon Ceiling At Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire: The Apotheosis of Hercules

Found at Christies, London
British Art on Paper, Lot 5
9. JUN - 9. JUN 2005
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 GBP
Price realised: 45.600 GBP
Description
Sir James Thornhill (1675-1734)
Proposed design for the saloon ceiling at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire: The Apotheosis of Hercules
pen and brown ink and brown wash, heightened with white, on blue paper, within a trompe l'oeil border, oval
17¾ x 11¼ in. (45 x 28.5 cm.)
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A top price for James Thornhill

The work Proposed Design For The Saloon Ceiling At Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire: The Apotheosis of Hercules by James Thornhill was worth GBP 45,600.00 (€ 67,582.08) to a buyer in June 2005. This price was achieved in the auction British Art on Paper at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 15,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Proposed Design For The Saloon Ceiling At Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire: The Apotheosis of Hercules the most expensive artwork by James Thornhill that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für James Thornhill

Die Arbeit Proposed Design For The Saloon Ceiling At Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire: The Apotheosis of Hercules von James Thornhill war einem Käufer im Juni 2005 GBP 45.600,00 (€ 67.582,08) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion British Art on Paper bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 15.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Proposed Design For The Saloon Ceiling At Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire: The Apotheosis of Hercules zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von James Thornhill, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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