Giovanni Battista Pace
Saint Luke painting the Virgin
Found at
Christies,
London
Old Masters/New Scholars: Works of Art Sold to Benefit Rugby School, Lot 45
04.Dez - 04.Dez.2018
Old Masters/New Scholars: Works of Art Sold to Benefit Rugby School, Lot 45
04.Dez - 04.Dez.2018
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 17.500 GBP
Price realised: 17.500 GBP
Description
with inscription 'n.' (?) (recto) and with illegible inscription (verso, obscured by the old mount)
red chalk, lightly squared in black chalk
10 x 7¾ in. (25.3 x 19.7 cm)
John Barnard, London (died 1784) (L. 1420, 'N°. 641./ 10 by 7¾/ This Drawing is engraved by Bartolozzi.'). | Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830) (L. 2445). | Samuel Woodburn, London (1786-1853), from the Collection of Sir Thomas Lawrence; Christie's, 4 June 1860, lot 22 'St Luke painting the Virgin, C MARATTE; the fall of Phaeton, D'ARPINO; and various 6' (15s. to Bloxam). | M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum; with his inscription 'Rugby School Art Museum/ e dono Matt: H
red chalk, lightly squared in black chalk
10 x 7¾ in. (25.3 x 19.7 cm)
John Barnard, London (died 1784) (L. 1420, 'N°. 641./ 10 by 7¾/ This Drawing is engraved by Bartolozzi.'). | Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830) (L. 2445). | Samuel Woodburn, London (1786-1853), from the Collection of Sir Thomas Lawrence; Christie's, 4 June 1860, lot 22 'St Luke painting the Virgin, C MARATTE; the fall of Phaeton, D'ARPINO; and various 6' (15s. to Bloxam). | M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum; with his inscription 'Rugby School Art Museum/ e dono Matt: H
A top price for Giovanni Battista Pace
This artwork by Giovanni Battista Pace achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in December 2018. In the Old Masters/New Scholars: Works of Art Sold to Benefit Rugby School auction, the work Saint Luke painting the Virgin sold for GBP 17,500.00 (€ 19,496.55) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 8,000.00. This high result makes Saint Luke painting the Virgin the most expensive artwork by Giovanni Battista Pace that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Giovanni Battista Pace
Dieses Kunstwerk von Giovanni Battista Pace erzielte im Dezember 2018 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Masters/New Scholars: Works of Art Sold to Benefit Rugby School wurde die Arbeit Saint Luke painting the Virgin für GBP 17.500,00 (€ 19.496,55) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 8.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Saint Luke painting the Virgin zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Giovanni Battista Pace, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Giovanni Battista Pace - Auction history
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