Stefano Della Bella
Recto: Study of an Elephant Verso: The Battle of the Centaurs and Lapiths
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 USD
Price realised: 5.040 USD
Price realised: 5.040 USD
Description
Property from the Collection of David and Louise Carter
Stefano della Bella
Florence 1610 - 1664
Recto: Study of an Elephant
Verso: The Battle of the Centaurs and Lapiths
Pen and brown ink and gray wash over traces of black chalk (recto); pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk (verso);
bears old attribution in black chalk, lower right: della Bella
142 by 217 mm; 5 ⅜ by 8 ⅜ in
Thomas Tomkins, | his sale, London, Mr. Hickman's Gallery, 25-28 February 1818, part of lot 289 ('The Works of Stefano della Bella'), for £32.10/-, to Holroyd(?); | Robert Holford, | thence by descent to his son, Sir George Holford, | by whose Executors sold, London, Sotheby's, 22 May 1928, part of lot 29B, for £145, to Castaguari; | sale, London, Christie's, A Collection of Drawings by Stefano della Bella, 18 March 1975, lot 18; | with Herbert
Stefano della Bella
Florence 1610 - 1664
Recto: Study of an Elephant
Verso: The Battle of the Centaurs and Lapiths
Pen and brown ink and gray wash over traces of black chalk (recto); pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk (verso);
bears old attribution in black chalk, lower right: della Bella
142 by 217 mm; 5 ⅜ by 8 ⅜ in
Thomas Tomkins, | his sale, London, Mr. Hickman's Gallery, 25-28 February 1818, part of lot 289 ('The Works of Stefano della Bella'), for £32.10/-, to Holroyd(?); | Robert Holford, | thence by descent to his son, Sir George Holford, | by whose Executors sold, London, Sotheby's, 22 May 1928, part of lot 29B, for £145, to Castaguari; | sale, London, Christie's, A Collection of Drawings by Stefano della Bella, 18 March 1975, lot 18; | with Herbert
Auction result well in line with expectations
In January 2021 Sothebys in New York held the auction Old Master Drawings, which included the work Recto: Study of an Elephant Verso: The Battle of the Centaurs and Lapiths by Stefano della Bella. The price achieved of USD 5,040.00 (€ 4,153.28) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 4,000.00 – 6,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Stefano della Bella achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work A huntsman and two hounds overtaking a stag with a subsidiary study of a the huntsman's head (recto); A partial tracing of the composition (verso) in July 2000 with an auction result of GBP 56,400.00 (€ 91,198.06).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Januar 2021 führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion Old Master Drawings durch, in der auch die Arbeit Recto: Study of an Elephant Verso: The Battle of the Centaurs and Lapiths von Stefano della Bella zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 5.040,00 (€ 4.153,28) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 4.000,00 – 6.000,00 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Stefano della Bella erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit A huntsman and two hounds overtaking a stag with a subsidiary study of a the huntsman's head (recto); A partial tracing of the composition (verso) im Juli 2000 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 56.400,00 (€ 91.198,06).
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