Jan Breughel, The Younger
Paradise
Found at
Christies,
London
Classic Art Evening Sale: Antiquity to 20th Century, Lot 29
29.Jul - 29.Jul.2020
Classic Art Evening Sale: Antiquity to 20th Century, Lot 29
29.Jul - 29.Jul.2020
Estimate: 50.000 - 80.000 GBP
Price realised: 323.250 GBP
Price realised: 323.250 GBP
Description
oil on panel, unframed, the reverse stamped with the coat-of-arms of the city of Antwerp, the hands of the Guild of Saint Luke and the panel maker's mark of Michiel Vrient (active 1615-1637/1638)
21 5/8 x 33 in. (55 x 83.8 cm.)
(Presumably) Edouard de Traz (1832-1918), Paris, and by descent to the following, | Robert and Valentine de Traz, née Pictet (1889-1987), and by descent.
21 5/8 x 33 in. (55 x 83.8 cm.)
(Presumably) Edouard de Traz (1832-1918), Paris, and by descent to the following, | Robert and Valentine de Traz, née Pictet (1889-1987), and by descent.
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Paradise by Jan Breughel II was auctioned at Christies in London in July 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 80,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 323,250.00 (€ 360,560.75). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Jan Breughel II achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Five Senses: Sight, Touch, Hearing, Taste and Smell in November last year with an auction result of USD 8,634,000.00 (€ 8,363,847.72).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Paradise von Jan Breughel II im Juli 2020 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 80.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 323.250,00 (€ 360.560,75) mehr als viermal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Jan Breughel II erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Five Senses: Sight, Touch, Hearing, Taste and Smell im November letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 8.634.000,00 (€ 8.363.847,72).
Jan Breughel II - Auction history
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