The Annunciation of Overbeck preempted by the Louvre – La Tribune de l'Art

The artist is practically absent from public sales. The only painting by him (the others listed on Artprice sold for a few thousand euros are obviously not by his hand) was auctioned in 2016 at Christie's London for almost 700,000 pounds, including fresh ones. Still, it was a rather late work of 1841. That is to say if Friedrich Overbeck's Annunciation that went on sale at Tajan (see the brief of ), despite his modest estimate of 100,000 €, was …