Vladimir Borovikovsky
Portrait Of Admiral Count Grigorii Grigorievich Kushelev (1754-1833), Wearing The Ceremonial Costume Of The Order Of St Andrew, The Diamond Order Of St Andrew With Necklace, The Order Of Malta With Diamonds And The Order Of St Anne And Alexander Nevs
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.482.500 GBP
Price realised: 1.482.500 GBP
Description
Vladimir Borovikovsky (1757-1825)
Portrait of Admiral Count Grigorii Grigorievich Kushelev (1754-1833), wearing the ceremonial costume of the Order of St Andrew, the diamond order of St Andrew with necklace, the Order of Malta with diamonds and the Order of St Anne and Alexander Nevskii, with children Aleksandr (1800-1855) and Grigorii (1801-1855)
indistinctly signed (lower left)
oil on canvas
48¼ x 37¾ in. (122.5 x 95.7 cm.)
Painted after 1809
Portrait of Admiral Count Grigorii Grigorievich Kushelev (1754-1833), wearing the ceremonial costume of the Order of St Andrew, the diamond order of St Andrew with necklace, the Order of Malta with diamonds and the Order of St Anne and Alexander Nevskii, with children Aleksandr (1800-1855) and Grigorii (1801-1855)
indistinctly signed (lower left)
oil on canvas
48¼ x 37¾ in. (122.5 x 95.7 cm.)
Painted after 1809
Artwork auctioned at 21 times the upper estimate price
When the work Portrait Of Admiral Count Grigorii Grigorievich Kushelev (1754-1833), Wearing The Ceremonial Costume Of The Order Of St Andrew, The Diamond Order Of St Andrew With Necklace, The Order Of Malta With Diamonds And The Order Of St Anne And Alexander Nevs by Vladimir Borovikovsky was auctioned at Christies in London in June 2014, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 70,000.00 but the actual price achieve Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Vladimir Borovikovsky; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Portrait Of Prince Petr Vasilievich Lopukhin (1753-1827), Wearing The Star And Sash Of The Order Of St Andrew, The Star And Cross Of The Order Of St Vladimir, The Order Of Alexander Nevskii, The Order Of Malta And A Diamond Portrait Badge sold at auction in June 2014 with the realized price of GBP 2,154,500.00 (€ 2,691,944.67).
Kunstwerk zum 21-fachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Portrait Of Admiral Count Grigorii Grigorievich Kushelev (1754-1833), Wearing The Ceremonial Costume Of The Order Of St Andrew, The Diamond Order Of St Andrew With Necklace, The Order Of Malta With Diamonds And The Order Of St Anne And Alexander Nevs von Vladimir Borovikovsky im Juni 2014 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 70.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 1.482.500,00 (€ 1.852.312,82) mehr als 21-mal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Vladimir Borovikovsky; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit [Portrait Of Prince Petr Vasilievich Lopukhin (1753-1827), Wearing The Star And Sash Of The Order Of St Andrew, The Star And Cross Of The Order Of St Vladimir, The Order Of Alexander Nevskii, The O
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