David Roberts R.A.
The Bazaar of the Coppersmiths, Cairo
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Orientalist Sale, Lot 51
16. Mar - 29. Mar 2022
The Orientalist Sale, Lot 51
16. Mar - 29. Mar 2022
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Property of a Gentleman
David Roberts R.A.
British
1796 - 1864
The Bazaar of the Coppersmiths, Cairo
signed and dated David Roberts R.A 1842 lower left and inscribed and dated Street in Grand Cairo/ Painted for/ George Knott Esq./ 1842 on the reverse
oil on canvas
Unframed: 143 by 112cm., 56¼ by 44in.
George Knott (commissioned from the artist; his sale: Christie’s, London, 26 April 1845, lot 53) | Joseph Arden (purchased at the above sale; sale: Christie’s, London, 26 April 1879, lot 71) | J.W. Birch (purchased at the above sale) | Mrs James Allen (sale: Sotheby’s, London, 14 April 1976, lot 13) | Purchased by the present owner circa 1976
David Roberts R.A.
British
1796 - 1864
The Bazaar of the Coppersmiths, Cairo
signed and dated David Roberts R.A 1842 lower left and inscribed and dated Street in Grand Cairo/ Painted for/ George Knott Esq./ 1842 on the reverse
oil on canvas
Unframed: 143 by 112cm., 56¼ by 44in.
George Knott (commissioned from the artist; his sale: Christie’s, London, 26 April 1845, lot 53) | Joseph Arden (purchased at the above sale; sale: Christie’s, London, 26 April 1879, lot 71) | J.W. Birch (purchased at the above sale) | Mrs James Allen (sale: Sotheby’s, London, 14 April 1976, lot 13) | Purchased by the present owner circa 1976
Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price
The work The Bazaar of the Coppersmiths, Cairo by David Roberts was worth GBP 403,200.00 (€ 478,038.98) to a buyer in March last year. This price was achieved in the auction The Orientalist Sale at Sothebys in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 80,000.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by David Roberts - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Jerusalem, from the South, which sold at auction in June 2016 for GBP 962,500.00 (€ 1,155,314.09).
Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit The Bazaar of the Coppersmiths, Cairo von David Roberts war einem Käufer im März letzten Jahres GBP 403.200,00 (€ 478.038,98) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion The Orientalist Sale bei Sothebys in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 80.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von David Roberts mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Jerusalem, from the South beobachtet, die im Juni 2016 für GBP 962.500,00 (€ 1.155.314,09) versteigert wurde.
David Roberts - Auction history
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