Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
Saint Rufina
Estimate: 6.000.000 - 8.000.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.420.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.420.000 GBP
Description
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y VelázquezSeville 1599 - 1660 Madrid
SEVILLE 1599 - 1660 MADRID
SAINT RUFINA
oil on canvas
77.2 by 64.6 cm.; 30 3/8 by 25 3/8 in. (with approx. 3 by 6 cm. tacking edge folded out)
Possibly Don Luis Méndez de Haro y Guzmán, 6th Marqués del Carpio (1598 - 1661), as Velázquez, Saint Rufina; | Possibly Don Gaspar Méndez de Haro y Guzmán, 7th Marqués de Eliche y Carpio (1629 - 1687), as Velázquez, Saint Rufina; | Don Sebastián Martínez (1747-1800), Cadiz, in whose posthumous inventory recorded by 1805, as Saint Justa (artist not given), valued at 1,500 reales; | By direct descent in 1800 to his daughter Doña Catalina
SEVILLE 1599 - 1660 MADRID
SAINT RUFINA
oil on canvas
77.2 by 64.6 cm.; 30 3/8 by 25 3/8 in. (with approx. 3 by 6 cm. tacking edge folded out)
Possibly Don Luis Méndez de Haro y Guzmán, 6th Marqués del Carpio (1598 - 1661), as Velázquez, Saint Rufina; | Possibly Don Gaspar Méndez de Haro y Guzmán, 7th Marqués de Eliche y Carpio (1629 - 1687), as Velázquez, Saint Rufina; | Don Sebastián Martínez (1747-1800), Cadiz, in whose posthumous inventory recorded by 1805, as Saint Justa (artist not given), valued at 1,500 reales; | By direct descent in 1800 to his daughter Doña Catalina
A top price for Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
The work Saint Rufina by Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was sold in the Old Master Paintings Evening auction at Sothebys in London in July 2007. Here, the upper estimate of GBP 8,000,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for GBP 8,420,000.00 (€ 12,505,643.64). With this result, Saint Rufina is even the most expensive work of art by Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
Die Arbeit Saint Rufina von Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez wurde im Juli 2007 in der Auktion Old Master Paintings Evening bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von GBP 8.000.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für GBP 8.420.000,00 (€ 12.505.643,64) einen neuen Besitzer. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Saint Rufina sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez - Auction history
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