Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun
Portrait of Jean Charles Sapey (1775-1857), bust-length
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 USD
Price realised: 200.000 USD
Price realised: 200.000 USD
Description
signed and dated 'L E Vigée / Le Brun 1819' (lower right)
oil on canvas, unlined
25 ½ x 21 ¼ in. (64.8 x 54 cm.)
Collection of the subject, Charles Sapey and his wife, Angélique-Eulalie Boby, Paris; to their oldest daughter, | Marie-Caroline Sapey (1821-1905), wife of Henry-Pierre Flambart de La Croix (1814-1885); presumably to their daughter, | Marie-Charlotte-Jeanne Flambart de La Croix (c. 1842-1923), wife of baron Louis-Benoît-Pierre Bigot de La Touanne (1837-1887); by inheritance to | Madame Bigot de la Touanne, née Thibault, Paris and Lamotte-Beuvron; by inheritance to | Baronne André Brenier, n
oil on canvas, unlined
25 ½ x 21 ¼ in. (64.8 x 54 cm.)
Collection of the subject, Charles Sapey and his wife, Angélique-Eulalie Boby, Paris; to their oldest daughter, | Marie-Caroline Sapey (1821-1905), wife of Henry-Pierre Flambart de La Croix (1814-1885); presumably to their daughter, | Marie-Charlotte-Jeanne Flambart de La Croix (c. 1842-1923), wife of baron Louis-Benoît-Pierre Bigot de La Touanne (1837-1887); by inheritance to | Madame Bigot de la Touanne, née Thibault, Paris and Lamotte-Beuvron; by inheritance to | Baronne André Brenier, n
Sold at the lower estimate price
The work Portrait of Jean Charles Sapey (1775-1857), bust-length by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun was auctioned at Christies in New York in October 2018. The result of USD 200,000.00 (€ 176,491.35) was exactly at the lower end of the estimate range of USD 200,000.00 – 300,000.00. Admittedly, works by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Portrait of the artist, bust-length in October 2017 with an auction result of USD 1,512,500.00 (€ 1,298,506.18).
Zuschlag beim unteren Schätzpreis
Die Arbeit Portrait of Jean Charles Sapey (1775-1857), bust-length von Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun kam im Oktober 2018 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von USD 200.000,00 (€ 176.491,35) entsprach exakt dem unteren Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 200.000,00 – 300.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Portrait of the artist, bust-length im Oktober 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 1.512.500,00 (€ 1.298.506,18).
Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun - Auction history
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