Pre-Raphaelite Picture Reaps Auction Record Price

18 December 2011

"Our Lady Of The Fruits Of The Earth," 1917, by Frank Cadogan Cowper.

(Christie's)

A world record price was set for the work of Frank Cadogan Cowper (English, 1877-1958) at Christie’s in London for a 40in by 30in painting titled Our Lady Of The Fruits Of The Earth.

Created in 1917, Cowper's vibrant oil had been expected to sell for between £150,000 and £250,000, but in the end it sold for £469,250, smashing the existing auction record for the artist's work by £96,000.

Cowper is considered by some as "The Last of the Pre-Raphaelites."

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