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- The Villa of Lucullus At Miseneum
William Leighton Leitch
The Villa of Lucullus At Miseneum
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 GBP
Price realised: 48.000 GBP
Price realised: 48.000 GBP
Description
William Leighton Leitch (1804-1883)
The villa of Lucullus at Miseneum
Inscribed 'The villa of LUCULLUS at Misenum. W. Leighton Leitch 25 Mornington Place Hampstead Road' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
58 x 63 in. (147.2 x 159.9 cm.)
The villa of Lucullus at Miseneum
Inscribed 'The villa of LUCULLUS at Misenum. W. Leighton Leitch 25 Mornington Place Hampstead Road' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
58 x 63 in. (147.2 x 159.9 cm.)
A top price for William Leighton Leitch
This artwork by William Leighton Leitch achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in November 2005. In the BRITISH PICTURES 1500-1850 auction, the work The Villa of Lucullus At Miseneum sold for GBP 48,000.00 (€ 70,518.07) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 20,000.00. This high result makes The Villa of Lucullus At Miseneum the most expensive artwork by William Leighton Leitch that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für William Leighton Leitch
Dieses Kunstwerk von William Leighton Leitch erzielte im November 2005 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion BRITISH PICTURES 1500-1850 wurde die Arbeit The Villa of Lucullus At Miseneum für GBP 48.000,00 (€ 70.518,07) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 20.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Villa of Lucullus At Miseneum zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von William Leighton Leitch, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.