Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Proserpine
Estimate: 3.000.000 - 5.000.000 USD
Price realised: 3.495.000 USD
Price realised: 3.495.000 USD
Description
signed and dated ‘D. G. ROSSETTI fecit anno 1878’ (on a scroll lower left) and inscribed with a sonnet in Italian (on a cartellino upper right)
pencil, watercolor and bodycolor heightened with gum arabic on paper mounted on a wooden stretcher
30 ½ x 14 ¾ in. (77.5 x 37.5 cm.)
Executed in 1878.
in the original frame designed by Rossetti
The artist. | Frederick Startridge Ellis (1830–1901), London, acquired directly from the above, 1878. | James F. Hutton (1826-1890), Victoria Park, Manchester. | His sale; Christie's, London, 10 May 1884, lot 86. | with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, acquired at the above sale. | Clara Jessup Bloomfield-Moore (1824-1899), London, acquired directly from the above, 15 May 1884. | Her sale; Christie's, London, 5 May 1900, lot 51. | Count Carl Clarence von Rosen (1867-1955), Stockholm, her grandson,
pencil, watercolor and bodycolor heightened with gum arabic on paper mounted on a wooden stretcher
30 ½ x 14 ¾ in. (77.5 x 37.5 cm.)
Executed in 1878.
in the original frame designed by Rossetti
The artist. | Frederick Startridge Ellis (1830–1901), London, acquired directly from the above, 1878. | James F. Hutton (1826-1890), Victoria Park, Manchester. | His sale; Christie's, London, 10 May 1884, lot 86. | with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, acquired at the above sale. | Clara Jessup Bloomfield-Moore (1824-1899), London, acquired directly from the above, 15 May 1884. | Her sale; Christie's, London, 5 May 1900, lot 51. | Count Carl Clarence von Rosen (1867-1955), Stockholm, her grandson,
Auction result well in line with expectations
In October 2019 Christies in New York held the auction European Art Part I, which included the work Proserpine by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 3,000,000.00 – 5,000,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 3,495,000.00 (€ 3,133,124.16) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Dante Gabriel Rossetti - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Pandora, which sold at auction in May 2014 for GBP 5,346,500.00 (€ 6,571,020.97).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Oktober 2019 führte Christies in New York die Auktion European Art Part I durch, in der auch die Arbeit Proserpine von Dante Gabriel Rossetti zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 3.000.000,00 – 5.000.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 3.495.000,00 (€ 3.133.124,16) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Für andere Arbeiten von Dante Gabriel Rossetti mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Pandora beobachtet, die im Mai 2014 für GBP 5.346.500,00 (€ 6.571.020,97) versteigert wurde.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Auction history
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