Hendrik van Steenwijck the Younger
Saint Jerome In His Study
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 GBP
Price realised: 337.250 GBP
Price realised: 337.250 GBP
Description
Hendrik van Steenwijck the Younger
ANTWERP 1580 - 1649 LONDON
SAINT JEROME IN HIS STUDY
signed and dated lower left: HENRI V STEINWICK 1630.
oil on oak panel
40 by 56.2 cm.; 15 3/4 by 22 in.
The Earl of Sunderland, Althorp House, Northamptonshire, by 1732, when seen by George Vertue; | By inheritance to the Hon. John Spencer (1708-1746), at Althorp, by 1746, when listed by Knapton (see Literature) as hanging in The Eating Room, no. 182, and in 1750, when recorded in a catalogue as hanging in The Little Parlour (see Literature); | Thence by descent at Althorp (hanging in the Library there in 1802) to Edward John (1924-1992), 8th Earl
ANTWERP 1580 - 1649 LONDON
SAINT JEROME IN HIS STUDY
signed and dated lower left: HENRI V STEINWICK 1630.
oil on oak panel
40 by 56.2 cm.; 15 3/4 by 22 in.
The Earl of Sunderland, Althorp House, Northamptonshire, by 1732, when seen by George Vertue; | By inheritance to the Hon. John Spencer (1708-1746), at Althorp, by 1746, when listed by Knapton (see Literature) as hanging in The Eating Room, no. 182, and in 1750, when recorded in a catalogue as hanging in The Little Parlour (see Literature); | Thence by descent at Althorp (hanging in the Library there in 1802) to Edward John (1924-1992), 8th Earl
A top price for Hendrick van Steenwijk II
This artwork by Hendrick van Steenwijk II achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in July 2012. In the Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale auction, the work Saint Jerome In His Study sold for GBP 337,250.00 (€ 429,565.85) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 150,000.00. This high result makes Saint Jerome In His Study the most expensive artwork by Hendrick van Steenwijk II that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Hendrick van Steenwijk II
Dieses Kunstwerk von Hendrick van Steenwijk II erzielte im Juli 2012 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit Saint Jerome In His Study für GBP 337.250,00 (€ 429.565,85) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 150.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Saint Jerome In His Study zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Hendrick van Steenwijk II, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Hendrick van Steenwijk II - Auction history
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