Giovanni Battista Salvi

The Madonna and Child

Found at Christies, London
Old Masters Evening Sale, Lot 31
8. Dec - 8. Dec 2016
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 GBP
Price realised: 233.000 GBP
oil on canvas
26 ¾ x 20 1/8 in. (68 x 51 cm.)
(Possibly) Bourbon royal family, Naples, by whom given to the following, Marchesa Adelina Polizzi di Sorrentino, and by descent to the present owner.

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

When the work The Madonna and Child by Giovanni Battista Salvi was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2016, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 70,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 233,000.00 (€ 272,414.80). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Giovanni Battista Salvi - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Madonna and Child embracing in an interior, a landscape with Saint Joseph beyond, which sold at auction in July 2012 for GBP 433,250.00 (€ 551,844.05).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit The Madonna and Child von Giovanni Battista Salvi im Dezember 2016 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 70.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 233.000,00 (€ 272.414,80) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Giovanni Battista Salvi mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Madonna and Child embracing in an interior, a landscape with Saint Joseph beyond beobachtet, die im Juli 2012 für GBP 433.250,00 (€ 551.844,05) versteigert wurde.

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