Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Nude Study Of A Young Man With Raised Arms
Estimate: 2.500.000 - 3.500.000 USD
Price realised: 8.202.000 USD
Price realised: 8.202.000 USD
Description
Sir Peter Paul Rubens
SIEGEN 1577 - 1640 ANTWERP
NUDE STUDY OF A YOUNG MAN WITH RAISED ARMS
Black chalk, heightened with white; the two right corners cut;
bears inscription in brown ink, on made up lower right corner: Rubens
491 by 315 mm; 19 3/8 by 12 3/8 in
Jacob de Wit (1695-1754), Amsterdam, | probably his sale, Amsterdam, de Leth et al, 10-11 March 1755, boek C, in numbers 21-27; | Dirk Versteegh (1751-1822), Amsterdam, | his sale, Amsterdam, de Vries et al, 3 November 1823; | Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), London; | from whose estate acquired by Samuel Woodburn (First Woodburn/Lawrence exhibition, 1835, no. 27); | from whom acquired in February 1838 by Prince William of Orange, later King
SIEGEN 1577 - 1640 ANTWERP
NUDE STUDY OF A YOUNG MAN WITH RAISED ARMS
Black chalk, heightened with white; the two right corners cut;
bears inscription in brown ink, on made up lower right corner: Rubens
491 by 315 mm; 19 3/8 by 12 3/8 in
Jacob de Wit (1695-1754), Amsterdam, | probably his sale, Amsterdam, de Leth et al, 10-11 March 1755, boek C, in numbers 21-27; | Dirk Versteegh (1751-1822), Amsterdam, | his sale, Amsterdam, de Vries et al, 3 November 1823; | Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), London; | from whose estate acquired by Samuel Woodburn (First Woodburn/Lawrence exhibition, 1835, no. 27); | from whom acquired in February 1838 by Prince William of Orange, later King
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Peter Paul Rubens achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in January 2019. In the Old Master Drawings auction, the work Nude Study Of A Young Man With Raised Arms sold for USD 8,202,000.00 (€ 7,160,817.18) - well above the upper estimate of USD 3,500,000.00. Admittedly, works by Peter Paul Rubens have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Lot and his Daughters in July 2016 with an auction result of GBP 44,882,500.00 (€ 53,330,119.54).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Peter Paul Rubens erzielte im Januar 2019 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master Drawings wurde die Arbeit Nude Study Of A Young Man With Raised Arms für USD 8.202.000,00 (€ 7.160.817,18) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 3.500.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Peter Paul Rubens auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Lot and his Daughters im Juli 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 44.882.500,00 (€ 53.330.119,54).
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