Nikiforos Lytras Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Nikiforos Lytras Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 19, 2024
Nikiforos LYTRAS - The bride to be
Est: €150,000 - €250,000
Title: THE BRIDE TO BE, 1874-5 oil on canvas
Cypria Auctions
May. 11, 2024
Nikiforos Lytras (Greek, 1832-1904)
Est: €800 - €1,200
Nikiforos Lytras (Greek, 1832-1904), Fountain in Thebes, charchoal on paper, 15,5 x 24 cm. Signed lower right in Greek N. Lytras further inscribed in Greek Thebes, on 20 October 1877, "Θήβαι την 20 Οκτωβρίου 1877". Frame: 34 x 41 cm.
Loudos Auctions
Dec. 14, 2023
Nikiforos LYTRAS (1832-1904) Portrait of a man
Est: €3,000 - €4,000
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Vergos Auctions P.C.
Dec. 13, 2023
Nikiforos LYTRAS (Greek) - The Easter Egg
Est: €950 - €1,600
Artist: Nikiforos LYTRAS (Greek, 1832 - 1904) Title: The Easter Egg ink and pencil on paper signed lower left
Cypria Auctions
Nov. 22, 2023
Nikiforos Lytras (Greek, 1832-1904) Jeune fille au bain (oil on canvas)
Est: €80,000 - €120,000
Nikiforos Lytras (Greek, 1832-1904) Jeune fille au bain huile sur toile 82 x 61.5cm (32 5/16 x 24 3/16in). oil on canvas
Bonhams
May. 31, 2023
LYTRAS Nikiforos (1832-1904) ‘Portrait of a lady’
Est: €150 - €250
Signed study in pencil & charcoal 14x10 cm
Hellenic Auctions
Dec. 08, 2022
LYTRAS Nikos (1883 -1927) ’Portrait of a girl’
Est: €2,500 - €3,000
Signed oil on board 40x30 cm
Hellenic Auctions
Nov. 24, 2022
LYTRAS, Nikiforos. - Λαχεῖον Ἐθνικοῦ Στόλου καί Ἀρχαιοτήτων Ἑλλάδος.
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Χρωμολιθόγραφη αφίσα, 815 x 517 mm. (κομμένη και συμπληρωμένη η πάνω δεξιά γωνία). Χαραγμένη με βάση το έργο «Ἡ πυρπόληση τῆς τουρκικῆς ναυαρχίδας ἀπό τόν Κανάρη». Σε πασπαρτού. Καραχρήστος 17.
Vergos Auctions P.C.
Sep. 20, 2022
Nikiforos LYTRAS (1832-1904) Portrait of a German military officer
Est: €600 - €800
The work bears the seal of the artist’s workshop lower right
Vergos Auctions P.C.
Sep. 20, 2022
Nikiforos LYTRAS (1832-1904) Two studies on a male portrait
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
The works bear the seal of the artist’s workshop lower right Dimensions: 14 x 9 cm each
Vergos Auctions P.C.
Sep. 20, 2022
Nikiforos LYTRAS (1832-1904) Group of women
Est: €600 - €800
The work bears the seal of the artist’s workshop lower right
Vergos Auctions P.C.
Jun. 08, 2022
LYTRAS Nikiforos (1832-1904) ‘Portrait of a lady’
Est: €200 - €300
Signed watercolour 10x14 cm
Hellenic Auctions
May. 18, 2022
Nikiforos Lytras (Greek, 1832-1904) Jeune fille à la toilette (signed (lower right)oil on canvas)
Est: €220,000 - €280,000
Nikiforos Lytras (Greek, 1832-1904) Jeune fille à la toilette signé 'N. Lytras' (en bas à gauche) huile sur toile 87.5 x 67.5cm (34 7/16 x 26 9/16in). signed (lower right) oil on canvas For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Dec. 08, 2021
LYTRAS Nikos (1883-1927)‘Olive tree farm’
Est: €7,000 - €8,000
Signed oil on canvas laid on panel 46x61 cm
Hellenic Auctions
Nov. 29, 2021
Nikiforos LYTRAS (Greek) - Boat on the beach
Est: €1,300 - €2,000
TITLE: Boat on the beach pencil and sanguine on paper signed N. Λύτρας lower right
Cypria Auctions
Nov. 29, 2021
Nikiforos LYTRAS (Greek) - Female head
Est: €800 - €1,500
TITLE: Female head pencil on paper signed N. Λύτρας lower right
Cypria Auctions
Nov. 29, 2021
Nikiforos LYTRAS (Greek) - Studies
Est: €1,000 - €2,000
TITLE: Studies sanguine on paper
Cypria Auctions
May. 27, 2021
LYTRAS Nikos (1883-1927) ‘Landscape’
Est: €4,000 - €5,000
Signed oil on wood panel 23x32 cm € 4.000 – 5.000
Hellenic Auctions
May. 27, 2021
LYTRAS Nikiforos (1832-1904) ‘Building the defencing positions’ 1886
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Signed & dated tempera / mix.media on paperboard 47x34 cm € 3.000 - 5.000
Hellenic Auctions
Jan. 27, 2021
a) Nikiforos LYTRAS (1832-1904), b) Nikolaos LYTRAS (1883-1927) , a) Rocks, b) Little Donkey
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
a) signed with initials in Greek lower left and artist's studio stamp lower right, wash and pencil on paper, 11 x 17 cm, b) signed with initials in Greek lower left, pencil on paper, 10 x 14,5 cm
Vergos Auctions P.C.
Jan. 27, 2021
Nikiforos LYTRAS (1832-1904) , a) Interior of a church, b) Three little drawings of a home's interior, c) Columns
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
the first and the last one: artist's studio stamp lower right, a) 13,5 x 12 cm, b) 7 x 7 cm, 7 x 8 cm, 8 x 7 cm, c) 14 x 9,5 cm
Vergos Auctions P.C.
Jan. 27, 2021
Nikiforos LYTRAS (1832-1904) , a) Group of women , b) Two studies of a man's portrait, c) Portrait of a German officer
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
all of them: artist's studio stamp lower right, a) 8 x 3,5 cm, b) 14 x 9 cm, both, c) 20 x 11,5 cm
Vergos Auctions P.C.
Dec. 16, 2020
Nikiforos LYTRAS (Greek), Boat on the beach
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
TITLE: Boat on the beach signed N. Λύτρας lower right
Cypria Auctions
Dec. 16, 2020
Nikiforos LYTRAS (Greek), Female head
Est: €1,500 - €2,500
TITLE: Female head signed N. Λύτρας lower right
Cypria Auctions
Dec. 16, 2020
Nikiforos LYTRAS (Greek), Male Head with Fez
Est: €1,500 - €2,500
TITLE: Male Head with Fez signed lower right with initials Ν.Λ.
Cypria Auctions
Dec. 16, 2020
Nikiforos LYTRAS (Greek), Studies
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
TITLE: Studies
Cypria Auctions
Dec. 10, 2020
LYTRAS Nikos (1883-1927) ‘Woodland’
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
Signed verso oil on board 28x20 cm € 1.500 – 2.000
Hellenic Auctions
Dec. 10, 2020
LYTRAS Nikiforos (1832-1904) ‘Portrait of a lady’
Est: €400 - €500
Signed pencil & waterclr. drawing 14x10 cm € 400 - 500
Hellenic Auctions
Dec. 02, 2020
Nikiforos Lytras (1832 - 1904) Draft for the project ‘After Piracy’ period 1876
Est: €2,700 - €5,000
Signed lower center: N. Lytras Pencil and pastels on cardboard
Psatharis Auctions
Nov. 18, 2020
Nikiforos Lytras (Greek, 1832-1904) Returning from the fair of Pendeli 20.5 x 25 cm.
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Nikiforos Lytras (Greek, 1832-1904) Returning from the fair of Pendeli signed in Greek (lower left) oil on canvas laid on board 20.5 x 25 cm. For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
May. 28, 2020
Nikiforos Lytras (Greek, 1832-1904) A moment of prayer 31.5 x 18.5 cm.
Est: £15,000 - £20,000
Nikiforos Lytras (Greek, 1832-1904) A moment of prayer signed in Greek (lower left) oil on panel 31.5 x 18.5 cm. For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
May. 28, 2020
Nikiforos Lytras (Greek, 1832-1904) Young Bather 24 x 18 cm. (Painted in 1877.)
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Nikiforos Lytras (Greek, 1832-1904) Young Bather signed in Greek (lower right) oil on board 24 x 18 cm. Painted in 1877. For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
May. 28, 2019
Nikiforos Lytras - Fellah woman
Est: €18,000 - €25,000
Nikiforos LYTRAS Fellah woman artBlue - The Greek Sale ATHENS preview - King George Hotel 16th to 18th May 2019 NICOSIA preview - Hilton Cyprus 26th to 28th May 2019 Greek Art www.fineartblue.com
artBlue
Nov. 08, 2017
Nikiforos LYTRAS - Greek, 1832 -1904 | The artist
Est: €1,200 - €1,500
pencil on paper signed lower right 13.5 x 7.5 cm Provenance private collection, Athens acquired by the present owner in 1976 from the son of Constantinos Maleas, Fotinos Maleas, as a set of three drawings in one frame. The original frame bears an inscription on the reverse. These drawings were verified by Dr Nelli Missirli. Other works from the same collection by Nikiforos Lytras are illustrated in the book of Lytras by Dr Nelli Missirli. Nikiforos Lytras was born on the island of Tinos in 1832. At the age of eighteen he moved to Athens to study at The School of Fine Arts, where he completed his studies in 1856. Later in 1860 on a scholarship from the Greek government he went to Munich to study at The Royal Academy of Fine Arts. There, he was taught by Karl von Piloty. During that period Lytras focused on historically themed paintings. His subjects were inspired by Greek Mythology and history. In the summer of 1865 before returning to Greece he met Nicholaos Gysis in Munich and together they studied the masterpieces of German Museum collections. On his return to Athens, Lytras became a professor at The Athens School of Fine Arts in the department of painting, a position he held for the remainder of his life. Together with Nicholaos Gysis, he travelled to Asia Minor in 1873 and Paris in 1876. After returning to Greece, Lytras worked on portraiture, still life and everyday scenes. Lytra’s paintings on everyday life correspond with the ideology against the ruling class at the time. His trips to Asia Minor and Egypt informed his paintings in depicting children of colour and other elements of Anatolia. During the final period of his life he painted many scenes that explored aging, loneliness and fear of death. In 1879 he married Irene Kyriakidi, the daughter of a tradesman from Smyrna, together they had six children. Lytras was one of the greatest Greek painters. His contribution in almost forty years of teaching was also of great importance, as he not only influenced younger generations, but was involved in the school’s restructuring. Lytras died at the age of 72 (in 1904), after a brief illness that is believed to have been caused by chemicals found in paint.
artBlue
Nov. 26, 2012
Nikoforos LYTRAS Portrait de femme de profil, étude d'homme et deux études (recto-verso)
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
Nikoforos LYTRAS Portrait de femme de profil, étude d'homme et deux études (recto-verso) Mine de plomb sur papier (l'un dans un cadre, les deux autres en feuille) Cachet d'atelier 9 x 5,5 cm, 12,8 x 8 cm et 9,5 x 5,7 cm
Piasa
Apr. 18, 2012
Nikephoros Lytras (1832-1904)
Est: £800 - £1,200
Nikephoros Lytras (1832-1904) 1896 COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL depicting Nike, the goddess of victory, seated and holding a laurel wreath over a phoenix emerging from flames with the Acropolis in background, reverse inscription reads "International Olympic Games, Athens 1896" 2in. (5cm.) diam.
Christie's
May. 18, 2010
Nikiforos Lytras (Greek, 1832-1904) Matins 58 x 48 cm.
Est: £200,000 - £300,000
Matins signed in Greek (upper right) oil on canvas 58 x 48 cm.
Bonhams
May. 18, 2010
Nikolaos Lytras (Greek, 1883-1927) Resurrection 11.5 x 63.5 cm.
Est: £35,000 - £45,000
Resurrection signed with initials (lower left) oil on paper 11.5 x 63.5 cm.
Bonhams
May. 17, 2010
NIKIFOROS LYTRAS
Est: £5,000 - £7,000
NIKIFOROS LYTRAS GREEK 1832 - 1904 WOMAN IN PROFILE indistinctly signed lower right oil on canvas laid on board 29.5 by 25.5cm., 11½ by 10in.
Sotheby's
Nov. 09, 2009
NIKIFOROS LYTRAS
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
STILL LIFE WITH PEARS signed lower right
Sotheby's
May. 14, 2009
Nikiforos Lytras (Greek, 1832-1904)
Est: £40,000 - £60,000
Nikiforos Lytras (Greek, 1832-1904) A moment of rest signed in Greek (lower right) oil on canvas 25½ x 20¾ in. (65 x 53 cm.)
Christie's
May. 06, 2009
Nikiforos Lytras , Greek 1832 - 1904 Interior with Figures oil on canvas laid on board
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
signed lower right oil on canvas laid on board
Sotheby's
May. 06, 2009
Nikiforos Lytras , Greek 1832-1904 Young girl by the river oil on canvas laid down on panel
Est: £60,000 - £80,000
signed lower left oil on canvas laid down on panel
Sotheby's
Apr. 17, 2008
Nikiforos Lytras , Greek 1832-1904 woman from psarra plucking a rooster watercolour and gouache on paper
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
signed lower left watercolour and gouache on paper
Sotheby's
May. 10, 2007
Nikiforos Lytras Greek, 1832-1904 , pomegranates
Est: £30,000 - £50,000
signed u.l. oil on panel
Sotheby's
May. 10, 2007
Nikiforos Lytras Greek, 1832-1904 , portrait of a greek man
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
signed and dated 1893 u.r. oil on panel
Sotheby's
Nov. 15, 2006
NIKIFOROS LYTRAS GREEK, 1832-1904
Est: £50,000 - £70,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION THE SINKING OF THE TURKISH FLAGSHIP BY KANARIS THE SINKING OF THE TURKISH FLAGSHIP BY KANARIS 24 by 18.5cm., 9½ by 7¼in. signed l.l. oil on board PROVENANCE Private Collection, Athens NOTE The present work is a study for the monumental painting of the same title in the collection of the Pinakothiki Averoff, Metsovo (see fig. 1) The Sinking of the Turkish Flagship by Kanaris depicts a strategic battle scheme used by Greek revolutionary figures to attack their Turkish oppressors, which eventually led to the liberation of Greece. The tactic of attaching a small boat laden with explosives (known as a fire ship) to the side of a frigate was used by Kanaris, Papamanolis and Barbatsis in their fight for independance. The present work will be included in the forthcoming Nikiforos Lytras monograph being prepared by Dr. Nelly Missirli. We are grateful to Dr. Nelly Missirli for her assistance in the cataloguing of this work. fig.: Nikiforos Lytras, The Sinking of the Turkish Flagship by Kanaris @ Pinakothiki Averoff, Metsovo
Sotheby's
Nov. 15, 2006
NIKIFOROS LYTRAS GREEK, 1832-1904
Est: £200,000 - £300,000
A FESTIVAL IN MEGARA 65 by 54 cm., 25 3/4 by 21 1/4 in. signed l.r. oil on canvas PROVENANCE Private Collection Sale: Christie's, London, 29 November 1985, lot 41 Private Collector, Athens (since 1985) Martinos, Athens (purchased from the above) Private Collection, Athens (purchased from the above) LITERATURE (possibly) Palligenesia, Athens, 30 December 1872, cited Nelli Missirli, Gysis, Athens, 1996, p. 345-346, illustrated NOTE "The artist should devote himself to genre paintings and to the works that are related to what stirs, delights and educates the people... The customs of our Greek people brought Liberty and must be protected like the apple of one's eye." Nikiforos Lytras (quoted in Marina Lambraki Plaka ed., Four Centuries of Greek Painting, Athens, 1999, p. 271). A Festival in Megara must be counted among the most significant Greek nineteenth century paintings to be offered in recent years. Considered the "father" of Greek art Lytras completed the present work circa 1872. By the early 1870s Lytras was at the height of his artistic powers completing two of his most famous paintings, The Carol-Singers and The Abducted Maid. It seems likely that A Festival in Megara was executed at that time as the work is almost certainly referred to by Palligenesia in 1872. Lytras is considered together with Nicholaos Gysis (see lots 12, 16 and 100) and Georgios Jakobides, as a seminal figure in the so-called school of Munich. Various factors - not least the socio-political connections of Greece and Bavaria - led to an exodus of young artists to the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, during the later nineteenth century. There they built on the foundations of German academicism a new iconography of modern Greece. A Festival in Megara is a kaleidoscope of colour and movement. The central figure, a young woman in traditional dress, dances in a village street surrounded by an array of men, women and children. As an academic painter Lytras brought to Greek art the basic principles of German genre painting that he studied in Munich. The rigorous training at the Munich academy taught painters such as Nicholaos Gysis, Nikiforos Lytras and Constantinos Volanakis (see lot 14) to paint with precision and attention to detail. According to Nellie Missirli "Though Lytras brought with him the basic principles of German genre painting, it was in Athens that he basically worked in concert with the manifest demand for the uniqueness of the nation. Responding to a Greek society which, despite urbanisation, had remained to a large extent rural, he created a kind of genre painting which was based on life in the countryside and on episodes taken from daily life in the provinces. This form became discernible as the embodiment of the concept of Greekness and the transferral to images of folk customs and manners." (ibid., pp. 69-70). The plain of Megara lies between the Cerata /Pateras mountain range to the east and the Gerania range to the west. It was here during the third quarter of the nineteenth century that artists travelled to paint villagers in traditional costume, "by means of the nostalgic dream for a tranquil and carefree life which they then narrated in a poetic and lyrical style, and without suggesting in any way the difficulties that life held in the Greek countryside." (ibid., p. 71). The present work will be included in the forthcoming Nikiforos Lytras monograph being prepared by Dr. Nelly Missirli.
Sotheby's