Comparable Sales
Same-artist public sales ranked by medium, creation year, dimensions and sale recency.
No public-rights comparable sales meet the current evidence criteria. RELICT does not fill the table with research-only or licensed-only facts.
Art Institute of Chicago
Museum
Virgin and Child Crowned by Angels
c. 1490
Market Intelligence
Observed sale facts, comparable evidence, artist index history and modeled research remain separate.
Last known price
$15,000
Dealer sale · Oct 1, 1912
+628.9% vs previous observed sale
Matched price history · normalized USD · Foundry provisional
$2K1912
$15K1912
Last known price$15,0002 matched observed sales
Observed median$8,529
Observed sales2
Artist index—
1912-10-01Dealer sale$15,000.00
1912-04-30Dealer purchase$2,058.00
Artist index unavailableInsufficient qualifying evidence; no synthetic curve is published.Artist-level context is not an artwork valuation.
Evidence ranked
Provenance
PublicProbably Don Luis Portilla, Madrid, by 1880
Probably Don Luis Portilla, Madrid, by 1880
sold, Madrid, 1880, no. 89 [first suggested by Campbell 1981
sold, Madrid, 1880, no. 89 [first suggested by Campbell 1981
then attributed to Rogier van der Weyden, is described as “La Vírgen y el Niño
then attributed to Rogier van der Weyden, is described as “La Vírgen y el Niño
dos Angeles la coronan y otro presenta al Niño un canastillo de flores” (the Virgin and Child
dos Angeles la coronan y otro presenta al Niño un canastillo de flores” (the Virgin and Child
two angels crown her and another presents a basket of flowers to the Child)]. J. G. Arthur, London [according to Colnaghi stock card]
two angels crown her and another presents a basket of flowers to the Child)]. J. G. Arthur, London [...
sold to Colnaghi, London, Dec. 1906, with a half-share owned by Knoedler, Paris and New York [Colnaghi stock card]
sold to Colnaghi, London, Dec. 1906, with a half-share owned by Knoedler, Paris and New York [Colnag...
sold by Knoedler, New York, to Ryerson, for $15,000, Oct. 31, 1912 [bill of sale, Art Institute Archives]
sold by Knoedler, New York, to Ryerson, for $15,000, Oct. 31, 1912 [bill of sale, Art Institute Arch...
Source provenance text
Probably Don Luis Portilla, Madrid, by 1880; sold, Madrid, 1880, no. 89 [first suggested by Campbell 1981; then attributed to Rogier van der Weyden, is described as “La Vírgen y el Niño; dos Angeles la coronan y otro presenta al Niño un canastillo de flores” (the Virgin and Child; two angels crown her and another presents a basket of flowers to the Child)]. J. G. Arthur, London [according to Colnaghi stock card]; sold to Colnaghi, London, Dec. 1906, with a half-share owned by Knoedler, Paris and New York [Colnaghi stock card]; sold by Knoedler, New York, to Ryerson, for $15,000, Oct. 31, 1912 [bill of sale, Art Institute Archives]; Martin A. Ryerson (d. 1932), Chicago; on loan to the Art Institute from 1913; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1933.
Art Institute of Chicagoconfidence 100%
Exhibitions
PublicSource exhibition text
New York, Kleinberger, Loan Exhibition of Flemish Primitives, 1929, no. 33. Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, 1933, no. 37. Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, 1934, no. 118.
Art Institute of Chicagoconfidence 100%
Sourced Overview Evidence
<p>The gold text on the bottom edge of the Virgin Mary’s red mantle translates as “Hail, Queen of the heavens, Mother of the king of angels.” These lines, from a hymn called a Marian antiphon, were famously set to music as a choral composition in the 15th century. This kind of polyphonic music, requiring multiple trained voices employed at great expense, was associated with the extravagant culture of the Brussels court. Its evocation here, like the bejeweled crown lowered onto Mary’s head, serves to honor the Virgin and to inspire aural worship.</p>
Art Institute of Chicagoconfidence 100%
Evidence state
2 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 10 structured provenance events · 3 structured exhibitions.
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