Melchior d’Hondecoeter

A pelican, a crowned crane, a curassow, a sarus crane and ducks in a river landscape

Found at Christies, London
Old Master and British Paintings Evening Sale, Lot 18
7. Jul - 7. Jul 2016
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 GBP
Price realised: 506.500 GBP
signed (?) 'M. d'Hondecoe[...]' (centre)
oil on canvas
44 ¾ x 54 in. (116.2 x 137.2 cm.)
Lady Lawson, Lyulph’s Tower, Penrith, Cumberland; Christie’s, London, 18 July 1924, lot 39 (110 gns. to Colnaghi[?]). | Comte Fritz von Hochberg, Frutingen; Frederik Muller & Co., Amsterdam, 25 November 1924, lot 48. | Private collection, Germany, 1965. | with J. Rosenthal, Amsterdam, 1965.

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

When the work A pelican, a crowned crane, a curassow, a sarus crane and ducks in a river landscape by Melchior d'Hondecoeter was auctioned at Christies in London in July 2016, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 150,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 506,500.00 (€ 601,831.57). Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Melchior d'Hondecoeter; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot A peacock, a peahen, a monkey and other birds on a terrace sold at auction in January 2011 with the realized price of USD 1,650,500.00 (€ 1,203,426.90).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit A pelican, a crowned crane, a curassow, a sarus crane and ducks in a river landscape von Melchior d'Hondecoeter im Juli 2016 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 150.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 506.500,00 (€ 601.831,57) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Melchior d'Hondecoeter; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit A peacock, a peahen, a monkey and other birds on a terrace im Januar 2011 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 1.650.500,00 (€ 1.203.426,90).

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