Balthasar Van Der Ast
Roses With A Butterfly And A Grasshopper, Together With Forget-Me-Nots, Primroses And A Sand Lizard On A Stone Ledge
Estimate: 400.000 - 600.000 USD
Price realised: 430.000 USD
Price realised: 430.000 USD
Description
Balthasar van der Ast
MIDDELBURG 1593/94 - 1657 DELFT
ROSES WITH A BUTTERFLY AND A GRASSHOPPER, TOGETHER WITH FORGET-ME-NOTS, PRIMROSES AND A SAND LIZARD ON A STONE LEDGE
signed bottom center and right, along the ledge: .B van der. / .ast.
oil on panel
6 3/8 by 6 7/8 in.; 16.2 by 17.7 cm.
Possibly with Schaeffer Galleries, New York (according to an old inscription on the reverse); | Anonymous sale, London, Phillips, Son & Neale, 9 December 1986, lot 65; | David Koetser, 1987.
MIDDELBURG 1593/94 - 1657 DELFT
ROSES WITH A BUTTERFLY AND A GRASSHOPPER, TOGETHER WITH FORGET-ME-NOTS, PRIMROSES AND A SAND LIZARD ON A STONE LEDGE
signed bottom center and right, along the ledge: .B van der. / .ast.
oil on panel
6 3/8 by 6 7/8 in.; 16.2 by 17.7 cm.
Possibly with Schaeffer Galleries, New York (according to an old inscription on the reverse); | Anonymous sale, London, Phillips, Son & Neale, 9 December 1986, lot 65; | David Koetser, 1987.
Auction result well in line with expectations
In April 2015 Sothebys in New York held the auction The Weldon Collection, which included the work Roses With A Butterfly And A Grasshopper, Together With Forget-Me-Nots, Primroses And A Sand Lizard On A Stone Ledge by Balthasar van der Ast. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 400,000.00 – 600,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 430,000.00 (€ 385,235.62) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Admittedly, works by Balthasar van der Ast have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work A Still Life Of Fruit And Shells With A Rose And Various Insects Upon A Stone Ledge in December 2012 with an auction result of GBP 1,497,250.00 (€ 1,846,525.06).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im April 2015 führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion The Weldon Collection durch, in der auch die Arbeit Roses With A Butterfly And A Grasshopper, Together With Forget-Me-Nots, Primroses And A Sand Lizard On A Stone Ledge von Balthasar van der Ast zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 400.000,00 – 600.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 430.000,00 (€ 385.235,62) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Balthasar van der Ast auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit A Still Life Of Fruit And Shells With A Rose And Various Insects Upon A Stone Ledge im Dezember 2012 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 1.497.250,00 (€ 1.846.525,06).
Balthasar van der Ast - Auction history
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