We use our proprietary AI - LiveArt Estimate™ to calculate current market value for each artwork. Based on this data LiveArt is able to provide numerous insights into artist and artwork financial performance, including:
See the measure of artist investment performance relative to risk. A higher ratio suggests better risk-adjusted returns, indicating more consistent performance with less risk.
Explore the most prolific periods in an artist's career based on artwork production volume and current market value. It also segments these periods by category, offering insights into when the most valuable pieces were created in each category.
Free to sign up. No credit card required.
| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 12, 2016 | Christie's | New York | Antiquities Sale | 81 | $****** - ****** | A BYZANTINE GILT-BRONZE PROCESSIONAL CROSS |
sculpture
37.5 cm (14.75 in)
Gilt bronze
with Janet Zakos, Basel.
with Fortuna Fine Arts, New York.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1996.
Solid cast, the flaring arms terminating in circular knobs at each corner, adorned on both sides with deeply-incised motifs and identifying Greek inscriptions, with partially-preserved silver inlay; the obverse with the remains of a now-missing medallion soldered at the center, the upper arm with the Virgin Mary carrying the infant Christ, standing on a pedestal, flanked by the inscription, "the Holy Theotokos;" the horizontal arms with kneeling draped angels, their hands raised in veneration towards the now-missing central medallion (likely once-depicting Christ), flanked by bust medallions of the Evangelists, St. Peter to the left, St. Paul to the right, as identified by inscriptions; the lower arm with a standing St. Nicholas flanked by identifying inscription, a bust medallion with St. Theodore below; a rosette on each circular knob; the reverse with the Crucifixion as related in the Gospel of John 19.26-27 at the center, Christ wearing a tunic, his feet resting on a suppedaneum, a tabula with Christ's abbreviated name above, the inscriptions below from the gospel in which Christ tells Mary, "Behold your son!" and her companion, "Behold your mother!"; a medallion bust of an Evangelist on the end of each arm, including (from top moving clockwise) St. Matthew, St. John, St. Mark and St. Luke; a bust on each circular knob, with saints on the vertical arms and archangels on the horizontal ones; a tenon below
