Arthur Devis
Portrait Of A Lady, Seated At A Harpsichord, Possibly Lucy, Duchess Of St. Albans (D. 1752)
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.750 GBP
Price realised: 8.750 GBP
Description
Arthur Devis
PRESTON 1712 - 1787 BRIGHTON
PORTRAIT OF A LADY, SEATED AT A HARPSICHORD, POSSIBLY LUCY, DUCHESS OF ST. ALBANS (D. 1752)
signed and dated lower left: Art: Devis fe. / 1749
oil on canvas
61 by 42 cm.; 24 by 16 1/2 in.
John Maurice Drummond-Brydson (1896-1983); | By whom sold, London, Sotheby's, 13 December 1972, lot 116 (as a 'Portrait of a Lady, possibly the Duchess of St. Albans' to S. Sabin for £1,000); | With Sabin Galleries, London, 1972-1975; | Purchased from the above, circa 1975, by Mrs William McAlpine, later Lady McAlpine, Fawley Green, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire; | By whom sold, anonymously ("The Property of a Lady of Title"), London, Christie's
PRESTON 1712 - 1787 BRIGHTON
PORTRAIT OF A LADY, SEATED AT A HARPSICHORD, POSSIBLY LUCY, DUCHESS OF ST. ALBANS (D. 1752)
signed and dated lower left: Art: Devis fe. / 1749
oil on canvas
61 by 42 cm.; 24 by 16 1/2 in.
John Maurice Drummond-Brydson (1896-1983); | By whom sold, London, Sotheby's, 13 December 1972, lot 116 (as a 'Portrait of a Lady, possibly the Duchess of St. Albans' to S. Sabin for £1,000); | With Sabin Galleries, London, 1972-1975; | Purchased from the above, circa 1975, by Mrs William McAlpine, later Lady McAlpine, Fawley Green, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire; | By whom sold, anonymously ("The Property of a Lady of Title"), London, Christie's
Auction result well in line with expectations
In April 2013 Sothebys in London held the auction Old Master & British Paintings, which included the work Portrait Of A Lady, Seated At A Harpsichord, Possibly Lucy, Duchess Of St. Albans (D. 1752) by Arthur Devis. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 8,000.00 – 12,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 8,750.00 (€ 10,325.51) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Admittedly, works by Arthur Devis have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Portrait of Thomas Bateman Lane (b. 1735), small full-length, in a grey suit with a blue waistcoat, holding a tricorn in his left hand, leaning on a tree stump, in a river landscape with the sea beyond in June 2004 with an auction result of GBP 53,775.00 (€ 80,033.31).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im April 2013 führte Sothebys in London die Auktion Old Master & British Paintings durch, in der auch die Arbeit Portrait Of A Lady, Seated At A Harpsichord, Possibly Lucy, Duchess Of St. Albans (D. 1752) von Arthur Devis zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 8.000,00 – 12.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 8.750,00 (€ 10.325,51) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Arthur Devis auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Portrait of Thomas Bateman Lane (b. 1735), small full-length, in a grey suit with a blue waistcoat, holding a tricorn in his left hand, leaning on a tree stump, in a river landscape with the sea beyond im Juni 2004 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 53.775,00 (€ 80.033,31).
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