Jean-Étienne Liotard
‘La Liseuse’ (Portrait Of Susanna Lewis Seated)
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Ann & Gordon Getty Collection: Volume 1 | Important Pictures and Decorative Arts, Evening Sale, Lot 17
20. Oct - 20. Oct 2022
The Ann & Gordon Getty Collection: Volume 1 | Important Pictures and Decorative Arts, Evening Sale, Lot 17
20. Oct - 20. Oct 2022
Estimate: 1.500.000 - 2.500.000 USD
Price realised: 1.500.000 USD
Price realised: 1.500.000 USD
Description
JEAN-ÉTIENNE LIOTARD (Geneva 1702-1789)
‘La liseuse’ (Portrait of Susanna Lewis seated)
with inscription ‘Ms Susanna Campbell/ wife of Col. John Campbell/ of Blunham House Bedford Sh.e/ and of Dunoon in Argyle Sh.e/ Mother of Charlotte Julia/ Countess of Rothes/ Wife of 12th Earl/ Painted by/ Liotard in 1755/ An Italian Artist’ (on the back of the frame)
pastel, heightened with white bodycolor (or wet pastel?), on vellum
25 3/4 x 20 in. (65.5 x 50.8 cm.)
‘La liseuse’ (Portrait of Susanna Lewis seated)
with inscription ‘Ms Susanna Campbell/ wife of Col. John Campbell/ of Blunham House Bedford Sh.e/ and of Dunoon in Argyle Sh.e/ Mother of Charlotte Julia/ Countess of Rothes/ Wife of 12th Earl/ Painted by/ Liotard in 1755/ An Italian Artist’ (on the back of the frame)
pastel, heightened with white bodycolor (or wet pastel?), on vellum
25 3/4 x 20 in. (65.5 x 50.8 cm.)
Sold at the lower estimate price
The work ‘La Liseuse’ (Portrait Of Susanna Lewis Seated) by Jean-Etienne Liotard was auctioned at Christies in New York in October last year. The result of USD 1,500,000.00 (€ 1,509,965.77) was exactly at the lower end of the estimate range of USD 1,500,000.00 – 2,500,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Jean-Etienne Liotard - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A Dutch Girl At Breakfast, which sold at auction in July 2016 for GBP 4,405,000.00 (€ 5,234,092.94).
Zuschlag beim unteren Schätzpreis
Die Arbeit ‘La Liseuse’ (Portrait Of Susanna Lewis Seated) von Jean-Etienne Liotard kam im Oktober letzten Jahres bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von USD 1.500.000,00 (€ 1.509.965,77) entsprach exakt dem unteren Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 1.500.000,00 – 2.500.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Jean-Etienne Liotard mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A Dutch Girl At Breakfast beobachtet, die im Juli 2016 für GBP 4.405.000,00 (€ 5.234.092,94) versteigert wurde.
Jean-Etienne Liotard - Auction history
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