The Monogrammist IS

A scholar holding a book

Found at Christies, New York
IMPORTANT OLD MASTER PAINTINGS PART I, Lot 20
26. JAN - 26. JAN 2005
Estimate: 130.000 - 160.000 USD
Price realised: 441.600 USD
The Monogrammist IS (active 1633-1658)
A scholar holding a book
indistinctly dated '.632' and with inventory numbers '2802.' (lower left) and '574.' (lower right)
oil on panel
19¼ x 14¾ in. (49 x 37.4 cm.)

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by The Monogrammist IS achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in January 2005. In the IMPORTANT OLD MASTER PAINTINGS PART I auction, the work A scholar holding a book sold for USD 441,600.00 (€ 338,416.74) - well above the upper estimate of USD 160,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by The Monogrammist IS; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Portrait Of An Elderly Woman, Looking Left sold at auction in December 2010 with the realized price of GBP 577,250.00 (€ 669,608.26).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von The Monogrammist IS erzielte im Januar 2005 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion IMPORTANT OLD MASTER PAINTINGS PART I wurde die Arbeit A scholar holding a book für USD 441.600,00 (€ 338.416,74) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 160.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von The Monogrammist IS; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Portrait Of An Elderly Woman, Looking Left im Dezember 2010 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 577.250,00 (€ 669.608,26).

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