Jan Lievens
Half-Length Portrait Of A Gentleman, Facing Left
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
The Collection of A. Alfred Taubman: Old Masters, Lot 25
27. Jan - 27. Jan 2016
The Collection of A. Alfred Taubman: Old Masters, Lot 25
27. Jan - 27. Jan 2016
Estimate: 300.000 - 500.000 USD
Price realised: 394.000 USD
Price realised: 394.000 USD
Description
Jan Lievens
LEIDEN 1607 - 1674 AMSTERDAM
HALF-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, FACING LEFT
Signed with initials lower left: IL
Black chalk, possibly oiled in places, and touches of pen and brown ink, within black chalk framing lines
8 1/2 x 7 7/8 inches: 216 by 199 mm
Van Gogh, Amsterdam, 1883 | William Pitcairn Knowles (L.2643) | Sale: F. Muller and Co., Amsterdam, June 25, 1895, lot 395, DFL. 75 (sold by the above) | Rudolf Philip Goldschmidt (L.2926) | Sale: F. A. C. Prestel, Frankfurt-am-Main, October 4-5, 1917, lot 337, pl. 8, m. 2100 (sold by the above) | Dr. Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (L.561), inv. no. 593 | Sale: C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, November 4, 1931, lot 138, pl IX, Dm. 750 (sold by the above to
LEIDEN 1607 - 1674 AMSTERDAM
HALF-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, FACING LEFT
Signed with initials lower left: IL
Black chalk, possibly oiled in places, and touches of pen and brown ink, within black chalk framing lines
8 1/2 x 7 7/8 inches: 216 by 199 mm
Van Gogh, Amsterdam, 1883 | William Pitcairn Knowles (L.2643) | Sale: F. Muller and Co., Amsterdam, June 25, 1895, lot 395, DFL. 75 (sold by the above) | Rudolf Philip Goldschmidt (L.2926) | Sale: F. A. C. Prestel, Frankfurt-am-Main, October 4-5, 1917, lot 337, pl. 8, m. 2100 (sold by the above) | Dr. Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (L.561), inv. no. 593 | Sale: C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, November 4, 1931, lot 138, pl IX, Dm. 750 (sold by the above to
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Half-Length Portrait Of A Gentleman, Facing Left by Jan Lievens was sold in the The Collection of A. Alfred Taubman: Old Masters auction at Sothebys in New York in January 2016. The price achieved of USD 394,000.00 (€ 363,737.08) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 300,000.00 – 500,000.00. Admittedly, works by Jan Lievens 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 Tronie: Study Of The Head And Shoulders Of An Old Bearded Man, Wearing A Cap in July 2010 with an auction result of GBP 2,505,250.00 (€ 3,012,280.86).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Half-Length Portrait Of A Gentleman, Facing Left von Jan Lievens wurde im Januar 2016 in der Auktion The Collection of A. Alfred Taubman: Old Masters bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 394.000,00 (€ 363.737,08) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 300.000,00 – 500.000,00 angegeben worden. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Jan Lievens auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit A Tronie: Study Of The Head And Shoulders Of An Old Bearded Man, Wearing A Cap im Juli 2010 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 2.505.250,00 (€ 3.012.280,86).
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