Giovanni Battista Salvi, Called Sassoferrato

Saint Apollonia

Found at Christies, New York
Old Masters, Lot 19
27.Apr - 27.Apr.2017
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 125.000 USD
oil on canvas
11 ¾ x 9 ¼ in. (29.8 x 23.6 cm.)
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 26 January 1968, lot 147 (85 gns.). | Art market, London, where acquired in the late 1960s by the father of the present owner.

Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Giovanni Battista Salvi achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in April 2017. In the Old Masters auction, the work Saint Apollonia sold for USD 125,000.00 (€ 114,731.53) - well above the upper estimate of USD 60,000.00. Admittedly, works by Giovanni Battista Salvi have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work The Madonna and Child embracing in an interior, a landscape with Saint Joseph beyond in July 2012 with an auction result of GBP 433,250.00 (€ 551,844.05).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Giovanni Battista Salvi erzielte im April 2017 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Masters wurde die Arbeit Saint Apollonia für USD 125.000,00 (€ 114.731,53) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 60.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Giovanni Battista Salvi auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit The Madonna and Child embracing in an interior, a landscape with Saint Joseph beyond im Juli 2012 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 433.250,00 (€ 551.844,05).

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