Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun
Portrait Of Madame Du Barry (1743-1793), Three-Quarter-Length, Seated In A Landscape
Estimate: 1.000.000 - 2.000.000 USD
Price realised: 975.000 USD
Price realised: 975.000 USD
Description
oil on canvas
51 3/8 x 38 ½ in. (130.4 x 97.8 cm.)
The sitter, by whom commissioned at the old Château de Louveciennes in summer 1789, but left unfinished and presumably entrusted to | Louis Hercule Timoléon de Cossé (1734-1792), Duc de Brissac, and perhaps retrieved at his residence with other portraits of Madame Du Barry in September 1793 by | Louis Antoine Auguste de Rohan-Chabot (1733-1807), later 6th Duc de Rohan | Louis Marie Jacques Amalric, comte de Narbonne-Lara (1755-1813), by whom restored after 1802 to | Madame Vigée Le Brun (175
51 3/8 x 38 ½ in. (130.4 x 97.8 cm.)
The sitter, by whom commissioned at the old Château de Louveciennes in summer 1789, but left unfinished and presumably entrusted to | Louis Hercule Timoléon de Cossé (1734-1792), Duc de Brissac, and perhaps retrieved at his residence with other portraits of Madame Du Barry in September 1793 by | Louis Antoine Auguste de Rohan-Chabot (1733-1807), later 6th Duc de Rohan | Louis Marie Jacques Amalric, comte de Narbonne-Lara (1755-1813), by whom restored after 1802 to | Madame Vigée Le Brun (175
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun could be acquired at Christies in New York in May 2019 for an unexpectedly low price. In the Old Masters auction, the work Portrait Of Madame Du Barry (1743-1793), Three-Quarter-Length, Seated In A Landscape changed hands for USD 975,000.00 (€ 874,517.89) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of USD 1,000,000.00 – 2,000,000.00. Other works by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun have also sold for higher prices; the highest price we have seen at auction so far was achieved in October 2017 by the work Portrait of the artist, bust-length at USD 1,512,500.00 (€ 1,298,506.18).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun konnte im Mai 2019 bei Christies in New York für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion Old Masters wechselte die Arbeit Portrait Of Madame Du Barry (1743-1793), Three-Quarter-Length, Seated In A Landscape für USD 975.000,00 (€ 874.517,89) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 1.000.000,00 – 2.000.000,00. Andere Arbeiten von Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun wurden auch schon teurer gehandelt; den höchsten Preis, den wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachten konnten, erzielte im Oktober 2017 die Arbeit Portrait of the artist, bust-length mit USD 1.512.500,00 (€ 1.298.506,18).
Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun - Auction history
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