Giacomo Quarenghi
Five views of Bender: A distant view of the city; The entrance to the city; The city walls; The city seen from a pontoon by the Dniestr; and The city seen from the banks of the Dniestr
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 54.000 GBP
Price realised: 54.000 GBP
Description
Giacomo Quarenghi (1744-1817)
Five views of Bender: A distant view of the city; The entrance to the city; The city walls; The city seen from a pontoon by the Dniestr; and The city seen from the banks of the Dniestr
inscribed 'Bender' (1-2), and with locations in Russian (3-5)
black chalk, grey ink and grey wash, on contemporary mounts
11 x 17½ in. (27.9 x 44.5 cm.) and smaller (5)
Five views of Bender: A distant view of the city; The entrance to the city; The city walls; The city seen from a pontoon by the Dniestr; and The city seen from the banks of the Dniestr
inscribed 'Bender' (1-2), and with locations in Russian (3-5)
black chalk, grey ink and grey wash, on contemporary mounts
11 x 17½ in. (27.9 x 44.5 cm.) and smaller (5)
Artwork auctioned at ten times the upper estimate price
When the work Five views of Bender: A distant view of the city; The entrance to the city; The city walls; The city seen from a pontoon by the Dniestr; and The city seen from the banks of the Dniestr by Giacomo Quarenghi was auctioned at Christies in London in November 2005, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 5,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than ten times as high at GBP 54,000.00 (€ 79,332.82). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Giacomo Quarenghi; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Four views of Bakhchiserai in the Crimea: Houses along the river; The walls of a mosque; A lane with a view of mountains; and A mosque among trees sold at auction in November 2005 with the realized price of GBP 60,000.00 (€ 88,147.58).
Kunstwerk zum Zehnfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Five views of Bender: A distant view of the city; The entrance to the city; The city walls; The city seen from a pontoon by the Dniestr; and The city seen from the banks of the Dniestr von Giacomo Quarenghi im November 2005 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 5.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 54.000,00 (€ 79.332,82) mehr als zehnmal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Giacomo Quarenghi; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Four views of Bakhchiserai in the Crimea: Houses along the river; The walls of a mosque; A lane with a view of mountains; and A mosque among trees im November 2005 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 60.000,00 (€ 88.147,58).
Giacomo Quarenghi - Auction history
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