Wenzel Ignaz Prasch

A Mountainous River Landscape With A Shepherd Driving His Sheep And Cattle On A Path; And A Mountainous River Landscape With Horses And Cattle Grazing By A Tree

Found at Christies, London
Old Master Picures, Lot 2040
22. Feb - 22. Feb 2006

Estimate: 1.500 - 2.500 GBP
Price realised: 4.200 GBP

Description

Wenzel Ignaz Prasch (? 1708-1761 Nuremberg)
A mountainous river landscape with a shepherd driving his sheep and cattle on a path; and A mountainous river landscape with horses and cattle grazing by a tree
the first signed 'w.i. PRASCH J.F.' (lower centre to the rock)
oil on canvas
11 x 16 1/8 in. (28 x 41 cm.)

Upper estimate price exceeded by 68 %.

The work A Mountainous River Landscape With A Shepherd Driving His Sheep And Cattle On A Path; And A Mountainous River Landscape With Horses And Cattle Grazing By A Tree by Wenzel Ignaz Prasch was sold in the Old Master Picures auction at Christies in London in February 2006. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 4,200.00 (€ 6,177.26), 68% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Wenzel Ignaz Prasch - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Sportsmen and their dogs halted on a path in the wood, which sold at auction in January last year for GBP 11,970.00 (€ 14,347.56).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 68 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit A Mountainous River Landscape With A Shepherd Driving His Sheep And Cattle On A Path; And A Mountainous River Landscape With Horses And Cattle Grazing By A Tree von Wenzel Ignaz Prasch wurde im Februar 2006 in der Auktion Old Master Picures bei Christies in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 4.200,00 (€ 6.177,26) und damit 68% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von Wenzel Ignaz Prasch mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Sportsmen and their dogs halted on a path in the wood beobachtet, die im Januar letzten Jahres für GBP 11.970,00 (€ 14.347,56) versteigert wurde.