Luigi Mayer
View of the canal of Constantinople, from the village of Terapia up to the mouth of the Black Sea
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 GBP
Price realised: 46.850 GBP
Price realised: 46.850 GBP
Description
Luigi Mayer (Italian, 1755-1803)
View of the canal of Constantinople, from the village of Terapia up to the mouth of the Black Sea
signed and dated 'Aloysius Mayer Romanus Fecit Anno 1788' (lower right) and inscribed 'VEDUTA DEL CANALE DI COSTANTINOPOLI, PRESA DAL VILLAGGIO DI TERAPIA IN EUROPA, FINO ALLA BOCCA DEL MAR-NERO' (along the lower edge)
pen, ink and watercolour on paper
23 5/8 x 39 in. (60 x 99 cm.)
View of the canal of Constantinople, from the village of Terapia up to the mouth of the Black Sea
signed and dated 'Aloysius Mayer Romanus Fecit Anno 1788' (lower right) and inscribed 'VEDUTA DEL CANALE DI COSTANTINOPOLI, PRESA DAL VILLAGGIO DI TERAPIA IN EUROPA, FINO ALLA BOCCA DEL MAR-NERO' (along the lower edge)
pen, ink and watercolour on paper
23 5/8 x 39 in. (60 x 99 cm.)
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work View of the canal of Constantinople, from the village of Terapia up to the mouth of the Black Sea by Luigi Mayer was auctioned at Christies in London in June 2010, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 15,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 46,850.00 (€ 56,973.96). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Luigi Mayer; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot View of the port and the city of Constantinople, from Leander's Tower sold at auction in June 2010 with the realized price of GBP 73,250.00 (€ 89,078.82).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit View of the canal of Constantinople, from the village of Terapia up to the mouth of the Black Sea von Luigi Mayer im Juni 2010 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 15.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 46.850,00 (€ 56.973,96) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Luigi Mayer; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit View of the port and the city of Constantinople, from Leander's Tower im Juni 2010 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 73.250,00 (€ 89.078,82).
Luigi Mayer - Auction history
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