Alexander Nasmyth
View Of Crosbie Castle In Ayrshire, With The Isle Of Arran Beyond
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 60.000 GBP
Price realised: 60.000 GBP
Description
Alexander Nasmyth
EDINBURGH 1758 - 1840
VIEW OF CROSBIE CASTLE IN AYRSHIRE, WITH THE ISLE OF ARRAN BEYOND
oil on canvas
111.8 by 168 cm.; 44 by 66 in.
Commissioned as one of a pair, together with a signed View of Portencross Castle, Ayrshire, by John Craufurd of Auchenames and Crosbie (1780–1858); | By descent to his son, Edward Henry John Craufurd (1816–1881); | By descent to his daughter, Katherine Yseult Craufurd (b.1866); | Thence by family descent.
EDINBURGH 1758 - 1840
VIEW OF CROSBIE CASTLE IN AYRSHIRE, WITH THE ISLE OF ARRAN BEYOND
oil on canvas
111.8 by 168 cm.; 44 by 66 in.
Commissioned as one of a pair, together with a signed View of Portencross Castle, Ayrshire, by John Craufurd of Auchenames and Crosbie (1780–1858); | By descent to his son, Edward Henry John Craufurd (1816–1881); | By descent to his daughter, Katherine Yseult Craufurd (b.1866); | Thence by family descent.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 100 %.
This artwork by Alexander Nasmyth achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in July 2014. In the Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale auction, the work View Of Crosbie Castle In Ayrshire, With The Isle Of Arran Beyond sold for GBP 60,000.00 (€ 75,678.86) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 30,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Alexander Nasmyth; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot View of Dreghorn Castle, Midlothian, with figures and a hay cart in the foreground sold at auction in October 2005 with the realized price of GBP 72,000.00 (€ 106,178.24).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 100 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Alexander Nasmyth erzielte im Juli 2014 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale wurde die Arbeit View Of Crosbie Castle In Ayrshire, With The Isle Of Arran Beyond für GBP 60.000,00 (€ 75.678,86) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 30.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Alexander Nasmyth; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit View of Dreghorn Castle, Midlothian, with figures and a hay cart in the foreground im Oktober 2005 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 72.000,00 (€ 106.178,24).
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