Anton Raphael Mengs

Study of a figure facing right with arms raised

Found at Christies, New York
Old Master & British Drawings, Lot 66
31. Jan - 31. Jan. 2019
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 USD
Price realised: 7.500 USD
inscribed and dated ‘Rome le 5 Janv./ 1779/ B79’
graphite and white chalk on pink paper
20 5/8 x 15 3/8 in. (52.4 x 39.1 cm)

Auction result well in line with expectations

In January 2019 Christies in New York held the auction Old Master & British Drawings, which included the work Study of a figure facing right with arms raised by Anton Raphael Mengs. It changed hands for a price of USD 7,500.00 (€ 6,547.93) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of USD 6,000.00 – 8,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Anton Raphael Mengs achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Portrait of Friedrich Christian, Prince of Saxony (1722-1763), three-quarter-length, in armour, with an ermine lined mantle and the sash and star of the Order of the White Eagle in July last year with an auction result of GBP 475,000.00 (€ 567,234.37).

Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen

Im Januar 2019 führte Christies in New York die Auktion Old Master & British Drawings durch, in der auch die Arbeit Study of a figure facing right with arms raised von Anton Raphael Mengs zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von USD 7.500,00 (€ 6.547,93) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 6.000,00 – 8.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Anton Raphael Mengs erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Portrait of Friedrich Christian, Prince of Saxony (1722-1763), three-quarter-length, in armour, with an ermine lined mantle and the sash and star of the Order of the White Eagle im Juli letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 475.000,00 (€ 567.234,37).

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