Lucas Cranach I
The Resurrection
Estimate: 800.000 - 1.200.000 USD
Price realised: 2.190.000 USD
Price realised: 2.190.000 USD
Description
Lucas Cranach I (Kronach 1472-1553 Weimar)
signed with the serpent device and dated '1530' (center, on the side of the stone slab)
oil on panel
21 3/8 x 15 1/8 in. (54.2 x 38.3 cm.)
with Rudolf Weigel, Leipzig. | (Possibly) Hofrath Keil, Leipzig. | Raphael Eisenmann (c. 1821-?), Berlin, and by descent to | Margarete Eisenmann (1868-1942), Berlin, by whom sold under duress to the Reichskanzlei, Berlin, as partial payment of discriminatory taxes, after November 1938. | H. W. Lange; Sotheby's, London, 23 March 1949, lot 102 (£700 to Drown). | with Hugo Perls, New York. | with Knoedler, New York, acquired from the above, 5 May 1954 (inv. no. A5708) and jointly owned with Rudol
signed with the serpent device and dated '1530' (center, on the side of the stone slab)
oil on panel
21 3/8 x 15 1/8 in. (54.2 x 38.3 cm.)
with Rudolf Weigel, Leipzig. | (Possibly) Hofrath Keil, Leipzig. | Raphael Eisenmann (c. 1821-?), Berlin, and by descent to | Margarete Eisenmann (1868-1942), Berlin, by whom sold under duress to the Reichskanzlei, Berlin, as partial payment of discriminatory taxes, after November 1938. | H. W. Lange; Sotheby's, London, 23 March 1949, lot 102 (£700 to Drown). | with Hugo Perls, New York. | with Knoedler, New York, acquired from the above, 5 May 1954 (inv. no. A5708) and jointly owned with Rudol
Upper estimate price exceeded by 83 %.
This artwork by Lucas Cranach I achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in April 2021. In the Old Masters auction, the work The Resurrection sold for USD 2,190,000.00 (€ 1,820,448.88) - well above the upper estimate of USD 1,200,000.00. Admittedly, works by Lucas Cranach I 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 Bocca Della Verità (The Mouth Of Truth) in July 2015 with an auction result of GBP 9,333,000.00 (€ 13,231,059.30).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 83 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Lucas Cranach I erzielte im April 2021 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Masters wurde die Arbeit The Resurrection für USD 2.190.000,00 (€ 1.820.448,88) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 1.200.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Lucas Cranach I auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit The Bocca Della Verità (The Mouth Of Truth) im Juli 2015 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 9.333.000,00 (€ 13.231.059,30).
Lucas Cranach I - Auction history
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