Neri Di Bicci
The Nativity
Estimate: 50.000 - 70.000 USD
Price realised: 92.500 USD
Price realised: 92.500 USD
Description
Neri di Bicci
FLORENCE 1419 - 1491
THE NATIVITY
gold ground, tempera on panel, arched top
30 1/2 by 18 in.; 77.5 by 45.7 cm.
Collection of the Marchesa Ridolfo Peruzzi dei Medici, Florence (according to a note in the 1943 Parke-Bernet sales catalogue); | Sale, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, 26 May 1943, lot 63; | Where acquired by Mrs. Jas Lewis; | With W.A. Smith Auctions, Plainfield, New Hampshire, according to a label on the reverse, after 1961; | Private family collection, and thence to the same's Estate.
FLORENCE 1419 - 1491
THE NATIVITY
gold ground, tempera on panel, arched top
30 1/2 by 18 in.; 77.5 by 45.7 cm.
Collection of the Marchesa Ridolfo Peruzzi dei Medici, Florence (according to a note in the 1943 Parke-Bernet sales catalogue); | Sale, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, 26 May 1943, lot 63; | Where acquired by Mrs. Jas Lewis; | With W.A. Smith Auctions, Plainfield, New Hampshire, according to a label on the reverse, after 1961; | Private family collection, and thence to the same's Estate.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 32 %.
The work The Nativity by Neri di Bicci was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in June 2010. It achieved a price of USD 92,500.00 (€ 75,258.32), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 32%. Admittedly, works by Neri di Bicci 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 Martyrdom of Saint Januarius: panel from a predella in July 2008 with an auction result of GBP 325,250.00 (€ 413,233.79).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 32 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit The Nativity von Neri di Bicci kam im Juni 2010 bei Sothebys in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 92.500,00 (€ 75.258,32) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 32%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Neri di Bicci auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit The Martyrdom of Saint Januarius: panel from a predella im Juli 2008 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 325.250,00 (€ 413.233,79).
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