Melchior D'Hondecoeter
A Cockerel, A Turkey, Hens And Chickens In A Farmyard
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 GBP
Price realised: 209.000 GBP
Price realised: 209.000 GBP
Description
Melchior d'Hondecoeter
UTRECHT 1636 - 1695 AMSTERDAM
A COCKEREL, A TURKEY, HENS AND CHICKENS IN A FARMYARD
signed on the plank centre left: M·D· hondecoeter
oil on canvas
99.4 by 80.3 cm.; 39 1/8 by 31 5/8 in.
With Kees Hermsen, The Hague, 1934; | Anonymous sale, Wijnmalen Brandt Corstius, Amsterdam; | Anonymous sale, Geneva, Galerie Moos, 27 October 1934, lot 146 (reproduced plate XXXII in the catalogue); | Lebret sale, Dordrecht, Mak, 10 November 1936, lot 86; | With W. Paech, Amsterdam, before 1940; | Acquired for the present collection by 1967.
UTRECHT 1636 - 1695 AMSTERDAM
A COCKEREL, A TURKEY, HENS AND CHICKENS IN A FARMYARD
signed on the plank centre left: M·D· hondecoeter
oil on canvas
99.4 by 80.3 cm.; 39 1/8 by 31 5/8 in.
With Kees Hermsen, The Hague, 1934; | Anonymous sale, Wijnmalen Brandt Corstius, Amsterdam; | Anonymous sale, Geneva, Galerie Moos, 27 October 1934, lot 146 (reproduced plate XXXII in the catalogue); | Lebret sale, Dordrecht, Mak, 10 November 1936, lot 86; | With W. Paech, Amsterdam, before 1940; | Acquired for the present collection by 1967.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 74 %.
In July 2015 Sothebys in London held the auction Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale, which included the work A Cockerel, A Turkey, Hens And Chickens In A Farmyard by Melchior d'Hondecoeter. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 209,000.00 (€ 296,291.80), 74% above the upper estimate. Admittedly, works by Melchior d'Hondecoeter 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 peacock, a peahen, a monkey and other birds on a terrace in January 2011 with an auction result of USD 1,650,500.00 (€ 1,203,426.90).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 74 % übertroffen
Im Juli 2015 führte Sothebys in London die Auktion Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit A Cockerel, A Turkey, Hens And Chickens In A Farmyard von Melchior d'Hondecoeter zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 209.000,00 (€ 296.291,80) und damit 74% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Melchior d'Hondecoeter auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit A peacock, a peahen, a monkey and other birds on a terrace im Januar 2011 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 1.650.500,00 (€ 1.203.426,90).
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