Elisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun
Portrait Of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), Bust-Length, In A Trompe L'Oeil Stone Niche
Estimate: 600.000 - 800.000 USD
Price realised: 701.000 USD
Price realised: 701.000 USD
Description
signed and dated ‘L. E. Vigée Le Brun’ (lower right) and inscribed ‘8eme Juillet 1800-’ (on the reverse)
oil on panel, in a trompe l'oeil stone niche
12 ½ x 10 ¼ in. (31.8 x 26.1 cm.)
Sent by the artist in 1800 to Marie Thérèse Charlotte de France, duchesse d’Angoulême, daughter of Marie-Antoinette. | Private collection. | with Wildenstein, New York, where acquired by the present owner.
oil on panel, in a trompe l'oeil stone niche
12 ½ x 10 ¼ in. (31.8 x 26.1 cm.)
Sent by the artist in 1800 to Marie Thérèse Charlotte de France, duchesse d’Angoulême, daughter of Marie-Antoinette. | Private collection. | with Wildenstein, New York, where acquired by the present owner.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Portrait Of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), Bust-Length, In A Trompe L'Oeil Stone Niche by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun was auctioned at Christies in New York in April 2016. The price achieved of USD 701,000.00 (€ 612,708.68) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 600,000.00 – 800,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Portrait of the artist, bust-length, which sold at auction in October 2017 for USD 1,512,500.00 (€ 1,298,506.18).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Portrait Of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), Bust-Length, In A Trompe L'Oeil Stone Niche von Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun kam im April 2016 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 701.000,00 (€ 612.708,68) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 600.000,00 – 800.000,00 angegeben worden. Für andere Arbeiten von Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Portrait of the artist, bust-length beobachtet, die im Oktober 2017 für USD 1.512.500,00 (€ 1.298.506,18) versteigert wurde.
Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun - Auction history
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