Giovanni Battista Pittoni
The Continence Of Scipio
Estimate: 120.000 - 180.000 GBP
Price realised: 137.500 GBP
Price realised: 137.500 GBP
Description
Giovanni Battista Pittoni
VENICE 1687-1767
THE CONTINENCE OF SCIPIO
oil on canvas
111 x 145.5 cm.; 43 3/4 x 57 1/4 in.
Dr Voss(?) (his collector's label affixed to the stretcher); | Prof. Dr Herman Wedewer (1852–1922), Wiesbaden; | His sale, Berlin, Rudolf Lepke, 2 December 1913, lot 87 (as Sebastiano Ricci) with pendant; | There acquired by Dr Martin Wassermann, Berlin; | His sale, Berlin, Internationales Kunst und Auktionshaus, 21 April 1934, lot 189 (as Sebastiano Ricci); | Where bought back and thence by descent to the present owner.
VENICE 1687-1767
THE CONTINENCE OF SCIPIO
oil on canvas
111 x 145.5 cm.; 43 3/4 x 57 1/4 in.
Dr Voss(?) (his collector's label affixed to the stretcher); | Prof. Dr Herman Wedewer (1852–1922), Wiesbaden; | His sale, Berlin, Rudolf Lepke, 2 December 1913, lot 87 (as Sebastiano Ricci) with pendant; | There acquired by Dr Martin Wassermann, Berlin; | His sale, Berlin, Internationales Kunst und Auktionshaus, 21 April 1934, lot 189 (as Sebastiano Ricci); | Where bought back and thence by descent to the present owner.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work The Continence Of Scipio by Giovanni Battista Pittoni was sold in the Old Masters Evening Sale auction at Sothebys in London in July 2019. The price achieved of GBP 137,500.00 (€ 150,965.86) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 120,000.00 – 180,000.00. Other works by Giovanni Battista Pittoni have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in July 2019 the work Achilles Among The Daughters Of Lycomedes was auctioned for GBP 250,000.00 (€ 274,483.38).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit The Continence Of Scipio von Giovanni Battista Pittoni wurde im Juli 2019 in der Auktion Old Masters Evening Sale bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 137.500,00 (€ 150.965,86) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 120.000,00 – 180.000,00 angegeben worden. Andere Arbeiten von Giovanni Battista Pittoni konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Juli 2019 die Arbeit Achilles Among The Daughters Of Lycomedes für GBP 250.000,00 (€ 274.483,38) versteigert.
Giovanni Battista Pittoni - Auction history
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