Bartholomeus Van Der Helst
Portrait of a boy playing golf by the shore
Found at
Christies,
London
A Surreal Legacy: Selected works of art from The Edward James Foundation, Lot 80
15. Dec - 15. Dec 2016
A Surreal Legacy: Selected works of art from The Edward James Foundation, Lot 80
15. Dec - 15. Dec 2016
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 GBP
Price realised: 161.000 GBP
Price realised: 161.000 GBP
Description
oil on canvas
45 x 34 in. (114.3 x 86.3 cm.), including a later horizontal addition to bottom edge of circa 3 ¼ in. (7.8cm.)
in a late 17th Century Pelletier style frame
Purchased by William James from George Sinclair in May 1892 for £90, as 'Albert Cuyp' (photographed by Bedford Lemere & Co. in 1895 in the Smoking Room at West Dean) and by descent to | Edward James (listed at Monkton House in an inventory dated October 1927).
45 x 34 in. (114.3 x 86.3 cm.), including a later horizontal addition to bottom edge of circa 3 ¼ in. (7.8cm.)
in a late 17th Century Pelletier style frame
Purchased by William James from George Sinclair in May 1892 for £90, as 'Albert Cuyp' (photographed by Bedford Lemere & Co. in 1895 in the Smoking Room at West Dean) and by descent to | Edward James (listed at Monkton House in an inventory dated October 1927).
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
In December 2016 Christies in London held the auction A Surreal Legacy: Selected works of art from The Edward James Foundation, which included the work Portrait of a boy playing golf by the shore by Bartholomeus van der Helst. Here, the upper estimate of GBP 150,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for GBP 161,000.00 (€ 188,235.12). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Bartholomeus van der Helst - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Portrait of Sophia Coymans (1636-1714), three-quarter-length, holding a twig with an orange, before a landscape, which sold at auction in July this year for GBP 504,000.00 (€ 588,015.25).
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Im Dezember 2016 führte Christies in London die Auktion A Surreal Legacy: Selected works of art from The Edward James Foundation durch, in der auch die Arbeit Portrait of a boy playing golf by the shore von Bartholomeus van der Helst zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von GBP 150.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für GBP 161.000,00 (€ 188.235,12) einen neuen Besitzer. Für andere Arbeiten von Bartholomeus van der Helst mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Portrait of Sophia Coymans (1636-1714), three-quarter-length, holding a twig with an orange, before a landscape beobachtet, die im Juli diesen Jahres für GBP 504.000,00 (€ 588.015,25) versteigert wurde.
Bartholomeus van der Helst - Auction history
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