Lucas Cranach the Younger
Christ As The Man Of Sorrows
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale, Lot 20
9. Dec - 9. Dec 2009
Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale, Lot 20
9. Dec - 9. Dec 2009
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Lucas Cranach the Younger
WITTENBERG 1515 - 1586
CHRIST AS THE MAN OF SORROWS
signed lower left with the artist's device of a winged serpent
and inscribed along the upper margin: QVID FACERE DEBVI/ VINEAE HVIC ET/ NON FECI...
and inscribed lower left: ATTENDITE ET VIDETE/ SEST DOLOR SIMILE/ SICVT. DOLOR MVES
oil on panel
87.5 by 60.6 cm.; 34 1/2 by 23 7/8 in.
Art market, Munich, 1959; | Anonymous sale, Cologne, Lempertz, 19 November 2005, lot 1024; | Art market, Paris, where acquired by the present owner.
WITTENBERG 1515 - 1586
CHRIST AS THE MAN OF SORROWS
signed lower left with the artist's device of a winged serpent
and inscribed along the upper margin: QVID FACERE DEBVI/ VINEAE HVIC ET/ NON FECI...
and inscribed lower left: ATTENDITE ET VIDETE/ SEST DOLOR SIMILE/ SICVT. DOLOR MVES
oil on panel
87.5 by 60.6 cm.; 34 1/2 by 23 7/8 in.
Art market, Munich, 1959; | Anonymous sale, Cologne, Lempertz, 19 November 2005, lot 1024; | Art market, Paris, where acquired by the present owner.
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
In December 2009 Sothebys in London held the auction Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale, which included the work Christ As The Man Of Sorrows by Lucas Cranach II. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 145,250.00 (€ 163,847.11), 21% above the upper estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Lucas Cranach II achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a green velvet and orange dress and a pearl-embroidered black hat in July 2007 with an auction result of GBP 1,812,000.00 (€ 2,691,238.28).
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Im Dezember 2009 führte Sothebys in London die Auktion Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit Christ As The Man Of Sorrows von Lucas Cranach II zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 145.250,00 (€ 163.847,11) und damit 21% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Lucas Cranach II erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a green velvet and orange dress and a pearl-embroidered black hat im Juli 2007 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 1.812.000,00 (€ 2.691.238,28).
Lucas Cranach II - Auction history
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