Jan Baptist Weenix
Italianate landscape with a shepherd showing a woman his flock
Found at
Christies,
London
Important Old Master Paintings from The Eric Albada Jelgersma Collection: Evening sale, Lot 4
06.Dez - 06.Dez.2018
Important Old Master Paintings from The Eric Albada Jelgersma Collection: Evening sale, Lot 4
06.Dez - 06.Dez.2018
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 GBP
Price realised: 248.750 GBP
Price realised: 248.750 GBP
Description
signed 'GIO. BATT. WEENIX' (lower right, on fallen branch)
oil on canvas
35 5/8 x 48 in. (90.5 x 122 cm.)
Cornelis van Lill (d. 1743); his sale (†), at his residence, Dordrecht, 18 June 1743, lot 2 (22 florins). | Augustin Blondel de Gagny (1695-1776); his sale (†), Remy, Paris, 10 December 1776 [=1st Day], lot 136 (5,760 livres to Le Marquis de la Villevielle). | C. Leboeuf, Paris; his sale, Le Brun, Paris, 12 April 1783 [=5th Day], lot 46 (6,121 FF to Vincent Donjeux). | Hendrik van Eyl Sluyter (1739-1814) as 'Van Helsleuter', Amsterdam; Alexandre Joseph Paillet & H. Delaroche, Paris, 25 Janua
oil on canvas
35 5/8 x 48 in. (90.5 x 122 cm.)
Cornelis van Lill (d. 1743); his sale (†), at his residence, Dordrecht, 18 June 1743, lot 2 (22 florins). | Augustin Blondel de Gagny (1695-1776); his sale (†), Remy, Paris, 10 December 1776 [=1st Day], lot 136 (5,760 livres to Le Marquis de la Villevielle). | C. Leboeuf, Paris; his sale, Le Brun, Paris, 12 April 1783 [=5th Day], lot 46 (6,121 FF to Vincent Donjeux). | Hendrik van Eyl Sluyter (1739-1814) as 'Van Helsleuter', Amsterdam; Alexandre Joseph Paillet & H. Delaroche, Paris, 25 Janua
A top price for Jan Baptist Weenix
The work Italianate landscape with a shepherd showing a woman his flock by Jan Baptist Weenix was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2018. It achieved a price of GBP 248,750.00 (€ 277,129.56), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 66%. This high result makes Italianate landscape with a shepherd showing a woman his flock the most expensive artwork by Jan Baptist Weenix that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Jan Baptist Weenix
Die Arbeit Italianate landscape with a shepherd showing a woman his flock von Jan Baptist Weenix kam im Dezember 2018 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 248.750,00 (€ 277.129,56) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 66%. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Italianate landscape with a shepherd showing a woman his flock zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Jan Baptist Weenix, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Jan Baptist Weenix - Auction history
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