Johann Moritz Rugendas
The Independencia market, Lima
Estimate: 150.000 - 250.000 GBP
Price realised: 725.000 GBP
Price realised: 725.000 GBP
Description
signed and dated ‘Maz o . Rugendas / Lima. 1843.’ (lower right), titled 'Plaza de la Inquisicion, Lima' on the frame
oil on canvas
26 5/8 x 36 ¼in. (67.7 x 92.1cm.)
Presented by Jack M. Barnett, of 41 Store St, London W.C.1. to | The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, London, May 1936; sale | Sotheby’s London, 14 May 1970, lot 112 (£1,700 to Agnew). | with Thos. Agnew & Sons (no.32542). | Corporate collection, London, since 1970.
oil on canvas
26 5/8 x 36 ¼in. (67.7 x 92.1cm.)
Presented by Jack M. Barnett, of 41 Store St, London W.C.1. to | The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, London, May 1936; sale | Sotheby’s London, 14 May 1970, lot 112 (£1,700 to Agnew). | with Thos. Agnew & Sons (no.32542). | Corporate collection, London, since 1970.
A top price for Johann Moritz Rugendas
This artwork by Johann Moritz Rugendas achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in December 2016. In the Topographical Pictures auction, the work The Independencia market, Lima sold for GBP 725,000.00 (€ 847,642.63) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 250,000.00. This high result makes The Independencia market, Lima the most expensive artwork by Johann Moritz Rugendas that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Johann Moritz Rugendas
Dieses Kunstwerk von Johann Moritz Rugendas erzielte im Dezember 2016 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Topographical Pictures wurde die Arbeit The Independencia market, Lima für GBP 725.000,00 (€ 847.642,63) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 250.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Independencia market, Lima zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Johann Moritz Rugendas, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Johann Moritz Rugendas - Auction history
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