Lucas Cranach The Younger
The Ill-Matched Lovers
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Evening Sale, Lot 10
24. Nov - 24. Nov 2015
Evening Sale, Lot 10
24. Nov - 24. Nov 2015
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Lucas Cranach the Younger
WITTENBERG 1515 - 1586
THE ILL-MATCHED LOVERS
oil on panel
20.2 by 15.5 cm.; 8 by 6 1/8 in.
Kenneth Fitzgerald, 12th Baron Kinnaird (1880–1972), Rossie Priory, Perth; | Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Gentleman'), London, Sotheby's, 30 November 1966, lot 83, to Seymour R. Thaler, for £1,600 (as Lucas Cranach the Elder); | Seymour R. Thaler, New York; | Thence by family descent; | Anonymous sale ('Property of a Private Collector'), New York, Sotheby's, 28 January 2010, lot 252 (as Lucas Cranach the Younger).
WITTENBERG 1515 - 1586
THE ILL-MATCHED LOVERS
oil on panel
20.2 by 15.5 cm.; 8 by 6 1/8 in.
Kenneth Fitzgerald, 12th Baron Kinnaird (1880–1972), Rossie Priory, Perth; | Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Gentleman'), London, Sotheby's, 30 November 1966, lot 83, to Seymour R. Thaler, for £1,600 (as Lucas Cranach the Elder); | Seymour R. Thaler, New York; | Thence by family descent; | Anonymous sale ('Property of a Private Collector'), New York, Sotheby's, 28 January 2010, lot 252 (as Lucas Cranach the Younger).
Auction result well in line with expectations
In November 2015 Sothebys in London held the auction Evening Sale, which included the work The Ill-Matched Lovers by Lucas Cranach II. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 150,000.00 – 250,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 161,000.00 (€ 229,320.58) could thus just exceed the lower 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).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im November 2015 führte Sothebys in London die Auktion Evening Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit The Ill-Matched Lovers von Lucas Cranach II zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 150.000,00 – 250.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 161.000,00 (€ 229.320,58) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. 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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