William Bell Scott
A Messenger of the New Faith: Rome AD 150 - 'What communion has light with darkness....?'
Found at
Christies,
London
THE FORBES COLLECTION OF VICTORIAN PICTURES AND WORKS OF ART, Lot 88
19. Feb - 19. Feb 2003
THE FORBES COLLECTION OF VICTORIAN PICTURES AND WORKS OF ART, Lot 88
19. Feb - 19. Feb 2003
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
William Bell Scott (1811-1890)
A Messenger of the New Faith: Rome AD 150 - 'What communion has light with darkness....?'
signed, indistinctly inscribed and dated 'WILLIAM.BELL. SCOTT.MN. SEP (?) 1867' (lower left), signed and inscribed 'Painted by William B. Scott./33 Elgin Road. Notting Hill. London.W.' (on an old label on the reverse) and further signed and inscribed 'IN ROME.A.D...../William B. Scott.' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
28 7/8 x 45 1/8 in. (73.3 x 114.6 cm.)
A Messenger of the New Faith: Rome AD 150 - 'What communion has light with darkness....?'
signed, indistinctly inscribed and dated 'WILLIAM.BELL. SCOTT.MN. SEP (?) 1867' (lower left), signed and inscribed 'Painted by William B. Scott./33 Elgin Road. Notting Hill. London.W.' (on an old label on the reverse) and further signed and inscribed 'IN ROME.A.D...../William B. Scott.' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
28 7/8 x 45 1/8 in. (73.3 x 114.6 cm.)
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work A Messenger of the New Faith: Rome AD 150 - 'What communion has light with darkness....?' by William Bell Scott was auctioned at Christies in London in February 2003, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of GBP 8,000.00 – 12,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for GBP 7,767.50 (€ 11,340.30). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by William Bell Scott achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work King Arthur carried to the Land of Enchantment "Some men yet say, in many parts of England, that Arthur is not dead; but by the will of our Lord Jesu, carried into another place, that he will come again, and win the holy cross. And men say there is w in July 2013 with an auction result of GBP 121,875.00 (€ 139,
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit A Messenger of the New Faith: Rome AD 150 - 'What communion has light with darkness....?' von William Bell Scott im Februar 2003 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 8.000,00 – 12.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für GBP 7.767,50 (€ 11.340,30) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von William Bell Scott erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit King Arthur carried to the Land of Enchantment "Some men yet say, in many parts of England, that Arthur is not dead; but by the will of our Lord Jesu, carried into another place, that he will come again, and win the holy cross. And men say there is w im Juli 2013 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 121.875,00 (€ 139.2
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