Vladimir Lukich Borovikovskii
Prince Aleksandr Andreevich Bezborodko (1747-1799), in gold-embroidered maroon velvet jacket, embroidered white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast star of the Russian Order of St. Andrew, the
Found at
Christies,
London
Important Gold Boxes,Objects of Vertu & Portrait Miniatures, Lot 243
9. Dec - 9. Dec 2003
Important Gold Boxes,Objects of Vertu & Portrait Miniatures, Lot 243
9. Dec - 9. Dec 2003
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 5.736 GBP
Price realised: 5.736 GBP
Description
VLADIMIR LUKICH BOROVIKOVSKII (RUSSIAN, 1757-1825)
Prince Aleksandr Andreevich Bezborodko (1747-1799), in gold-embroidered maroon velvet jacket, embroidered white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast star of the Russian Order of St. Andrew, the sash and breast star of the Order of St. Vladimir and the badge of the Order of St. Anne; green curtain background
oil on tin
oval, 6 in. (153 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount with ribbon and bow cresting
Prince Aleksandr Andreevich Bezborodko (1747-1799), in gold-embroidered maroon velvet jacket, embroidered white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast star of the Russian Order of St. Andrew, the sash and breast star of the Order of St. Vladimir and the badge of the Order of St. Anne; green curtain background
oil on tin
oval, 6 in. (153 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount with ribbon and bow cresting
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Prince Aleksandr Andreevich Bezborodko (1747-1799), in gold-embroidered maroon velvet jacket, embroidered white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast star of the Russian Order of St. Andrew, the by Vladimir Borovikovsky was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2003, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 1,500.00 but the actual price achi Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Vladimir Borovikovsky achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work 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 in June 2014 with an auction result of GBP 2,154,500.00 (€ 2,691,944.
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Prince Aleksandr Andreevich Bezborodko (1747-1799), in gold-embroidered maroon velvet jacket, embroidered white waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast star of the Russian Order of St. Andrew, the von Vladimir Borovikovsky im Dezember 2003 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 1.500,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 5.736,00 (€ 8.124,29) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Vladimir Borovikovsky erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte 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 Nevsk
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