A rare portrait of Princess Diana sells for more than 10 times the expected price

The portrait of the late Princess Diana is sold at more than 10 times the expected selling price. Sotheby’s auction house. announcement.. The oil painting entitled “Diana, Princess of Wales” was painted in 1994 by the late American artist Nelson Shanks. According to Sotheby’s, sales were expected to be up to $ 20,000, but they sold for $ 201,600.

An unusual painting is a study of Diana’s head created at the beginning of her full-body image. Artists may use head research to perfect the emotions and perspectives of the subject’s face.

According to Sotheby’s, the photo depicts a princess with the same “depressed eyes” and “thoughtful look” in her full-length image, but her green halter dress is the final larger. Changed to a white blouse for the project.

The complete portrait in Kensington Palace before being moved to its original home in Althorp, Northamptonshire, “not only the emotional sacrifice of Diana’s public life in the mid-1990s, but also her inner resilience. It reflects, “said Sotheby’s.

Diana, Shanks and his wife Leona became close friends while sitting for her portrait. In her 1994 letter to her couple, Diana wrote:

Three years after sending the letter, Diana died in a car accident in Paris at the age of 36.

Shanks was asked to create a full-length image of the late Welsh princess in the late 90’s. This required several face-to-face sessions in which the princess sat for more than 35 hours.

The artist is probably best known for him Official portrait Former US President Bill Clinton, including the shadow of Monica Lewinsky’s famous blue gap dress.