Francesco Francia
Saint Barbara
Estimate: 400.000 - 600.000 USD
Price realised: 1.447.500 USD
Price realised: 1.447.500 USD
Description
signed 'francia aurifex' (lower left)
oil on panel
25 ¼ x 18 ¾ in. (64.1 x 47.7 cm.)
Contessa Giulia Seghizzi Coccapani, Marchesa di Spezzano e di Fiorano, Modena, by 1872. | Pietro Foresti (1854-1926), Palazzo Foresti, Carpi. | Benigno Cristoforo Crespi (1833-1920), Milan, by 1907; his sale, Galerie George S. Petit, Paris, 4 June 1914, lot 22, where acquired by | James Stillman (1850-1918), New York, and by descent to | Charles Chauncey Stillman (1877-1926), New York; (†), his sale, American Art Association, New York, 3 February 1927, lot 30 ($21,000), where acquired by | Eli
oil on panel
25 ¼ x 18 ¾ in. (64.1 x 47.7 cm.)
Contessa Giulia Seghizzi Coccapani, Marchesa di Spezzano e di Fiorano, Modena, by 1872. | Pietro Foresti (1854-1926), Palazzo Foresti, Carpi. | Benigno Cristoforo Crespi (1833-1920), Milan, by 1907; his sale, Galerie George S. Petit, Paris, 4 June 1914, lot 22, where acquired by | James Stillman (1850-1918), New York, and by descent to | Charles Chauncey Stillman (1877-1926), New York; (†), his sale, American Art Association, New York, 3 February 1927, lot 30 ($21,000), where acquired by | Eli
A top price for Francesco Francia
This artwork by Francesco Francia achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in April 2017. In the Old Masters auction, the work Saint Barbara sold for USD 1,447,500.00 (€ 1,328,591.10) - well above the upper estimate of USD 600,000.00. This high result makes Saint Barbara the most expensive artwork by Francesco Francia that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Francesco Francia
Dieses Kunstwerk von Francesco Francia erzielte im April 2017 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Masters wurde die Arbeit Saint Barbara für USD 1.447.500,00 (€ 1.328.591,10) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 600.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Saint Barbara zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Francesco Francia, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Francesco Francia - Auction history
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