Wenceslaus Hollar
Old St. Paul'S Cathedral, London, Seen From The East
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 GBP
Price realised: 75.650 GBP
Price realised: 75.650 GBP
Description
Wenceslaus Hollar
PRAGUE 1607 - 1677 LONDON
OLD ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, LONDON, SEEN FROM THE EAST
Pen and brown ink and brown and grey wash, over black chalk, squared in black chalk, the outlines, perspective structure and squaring all indented with the stylus;
inscribed in brown ink, upper right: East Window / of S t Pauls
177 by 223mm
Purchased from Alfred Scharf, London, 17 January 1956, by the previous owner, and given by them to the present owner some 25 years ago
PRAGUE 1607 - 1677 LONDON
OLD ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, LONDON, SEEN FROM THE EAST
Pen and brown ink and brown and grey wash, over black chalk, squared in black chalk, the outlines, perspective structure and squaring all indented with the stylus;
inscribed in brown ink, upper right: East Window / of S t Pauls
177 by 223mm
Purchased from Alfred Scharf, London, 17 January 1956, by the previous owner, and given by them to the present owner some 25 years ago
A top price for Wenceslaus Hollar - as previously expected
The work Old St. Paul'S Cathedral, London, Seen From The East by Wenceslaus Hollar was auctioned at Sothebys in London in July 2010. It changed hands for a price of GBP 75,650.00 (€ 90,960.60) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 60,000.00 – 80,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Old St. Paul'S Cathedral, London, Seen From The East is the most expensive artwork by Wenceslaus Hollar that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit Old St. Paul'S Cathedral, London, Seen From The East von Wenceslaus Hollar kam im Juli 2010 bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 75.650,00 (€ 90.960,60) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 60.000,00 – 80.000,00. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Old St. Paul'S Cathedral, London, Seen From The East das teuerste Kunstwerk von Wenceslaus Hollar, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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