Pietro Perugino
An apostle seen from behind looking up
Found at
Christies,
New York
MASTER DRAWINGS FROM THE MARTIN BODMER FOUNDATION, Lot 140
23. Jan - 23. Jan 2002
MASTER DRAWINGS FROM THE MARTIN BODMER FOUNDATION, Lot 140
23. Jan - 23. Jan 2002
Estimate: 7.000 - 10.000 USD
Price realised: 41.125 USD
Price realised: 41.125 USD
Description
Pietro Perugino (1450-1523)
An apostle seen from behind looking up
with inscription 'Perugino'
black chalk, pen and brown ink, some outlines incised, the verso blackened with chalk, watermark device
9½ x 4 1/8 in. (242 x 105 mm.)
An apostle seen from behind looking up
with inscription 'Perugino'
black chalk, pen and brown ink, some outlines incised, the verso blackened with chalk, watermark device
9½ x 4 1/8 in. (242 x 105 mm.)
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work An apostle seen from behind looking up by Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci was auctioned at Christies in New York in January 2002, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - USD 10,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at USD 41,125.00 (€ 47,853.15). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Head of a bearded man in January 2020 with an auction result of USD 855,000.00 (€ 770,756.33).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit An apostle seen from behind looking up von Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci im Januar 2002 bei Christies in New York versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – USD 10.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit USD 41.125,00 (€ 47.853,15) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Head of a bearded man im Januar 2020 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 855.000,00 (€ 770.756,33).
Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci - Auction history
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