Jean-Etienne Liotard
Portrait Of Jean Tronchin
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Old Master & British Drawings including French Masterworks from the Dormeuil Collection, Lot 70
3. Jul - 3. Jul 2013
Old Master & British Drawings including French Masterworks from the Dormeuil Collection, Lot 70
3. Jul - 3. Jul 2013
Estimate: 350.000 - 450.000 GBP
Price realised: 290.500 GBP
Price realised: 290.500 GBP
Description
Jean-Etienne Liotard
GENEVA 1702 - 1789
PORTRAIT OF JEAN TRONCHIN
Pastel; two added strips of paper to the left and bottom edges;
on the reverse, a label inscribed in an 18th-century hand: Jean Tronchin, citoien ancien conseiller d'Etat / né à Genève le 5 mars 1672 qui repond au / 15 style nouveau peint à Genève par Mons r. / Jean-Etienne Liotard au mois de juin 1759 âgé / de quatre vingt sept ans, et 3 mois. N o 38 (number corresponding to an inventory of the Tronchin property at Bessinge), and an inscription in red chalk: TH / 44
650 by 520 mm
By descent in the family of the sitter, to Christiane Tronchin, Marquise de Hillerin, Bessinge and Paris; | acquired from her by Xavier Givaudan, Geneva, in 1959, | thereafter by descent to the present owners
GENEVA 1702 - 1789
PORTRAIT OF JEAN TRONCHIN
Pastel; two added strips of paper to the left and bottom edges;
on the reverse, a label inscribed in an 18th-century hand: Jean Tronchin, citoien ancien conseiller d'Etat / né à Genève le 5 mars 1672 qui repond au / 15 style nouveau peint à Genève par Mons r. / Jean-Etienne Liotard au mois de juin 1759 âgé / de quatre vingt sept ans, et 3 mois. N o 38 (number corresponding to an inventory of the Tronchin property at Bessinge), and an inscription in red chalk: TH / 44
650 by 520 mm
By descent in the family of the sitter, to Christiane Tronchin, Marquise de Hillerin, Bessinge and Paris; | acquired from her by Xavier Givaudan, Geneva, in 1959, | thereafter by descent to the present owners
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by Jean-Etienne Liotard could be acquired at Sothebys in London in July 2013 for an unexpectedly low price. In the Old Master & British Drawings including French Masterworks from the Dormeuil Collection auction, the work Portrait Of Jean Tronchin changed hands for GBP 290,500.00 (€ 331,946.88) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of GBP 350,000.00 – 450,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Jean-Etienne Liotard achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work A Dutch Girl At Breakfast in July 2016 with an auction result of GBP 4,405,000.00 (€ 5,234,092.94).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von Jean-Etienne Liotard konnte im Juli 2013 bei Sothebys in London für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion Old Master & British Drawings including French Masterworks from the Dormeuil Collection wechselte die Arbeit Portrait Of Jean Tronchin für GBP 290.500,00 (€ 331.946,88) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 350.000,00 – 450.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Jean-Etienne Liotard erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit A Dutch Girl At Breakfast im Juli 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 4.405.000,00 (€ 5.234.092,94).
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