Paulus Pietersz. Potter
Abraham At Sichem
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Master Paintings & Sculpture Evening Sale, Lot 25
25. Jan - 25. Jan 2017
Master Paintings & Sculpture Evening Sale, Lot 25
25. Jan - 25. Jan 2017
Estimate: 300.000 - 500.000 USD
Price realised: 300.000 USD
Price realised: 300.000 USD
Description
Paulus Pietersz. Potter
ENKHUIZEN 1625 - 1654 AMSTERDAM
ABRAHAM AT SICHEM
signed and dated lower right: paülus.potter/f.a. 1642
oil on canvas
38 3/8 by 51 1/2 in.; 97.5 by 130.8 cm.
Dr. Giorgius Henricus Trochel, Amsterdam; | Sale, van der Schley, Amsterdam, 11 May 1801, lot 66, for Dfl. 99 to Pruysenaar; | Mr. Brooks, St. James's Gallery, no. 17 Regent Street, London; | His sale, London, Christie's, 29 April - 1 May 1871, lot 163, for 132 Guineas, 6 Shillings to Van Stalbert?; | Lord Dunmore; | His sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 3 June 1884, lot 3, for 6000 Fr; | J.N. Sepp, Munich, 1884-1889; | Heinrich Theodor Höch, Munic
ENKHUIZEN 1625 - 1654 AMSTERDAM
ABRAHAM AT SICHEM
signed and dated lower right: paülus.potter/f.a. 1642
oil on canvas
38 3/8 by 51 1/2 in.; 97.5 by 130.8 cm.
Dr. Giorgius Henricus Trochel, Amsterdam; | Sale, van der Schley, Amsterdam, 11 May 1801, lot 66, for Dfl. 99 to Pruysenaar; | Mr. Brooks, St. James's Gallery, no. 17 Regent Street, London; | His sale, London, Christie's, 29 April - 1 May 1871, lot 163, for 132 Guineas, 6 Shillings to Van Stalbert?; | Lord Dunmore; | His sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 3 June 1884, lot 3, for 6000 Fr; | J.N. Sepp, Munich, 1884-1889; | Heinrich Theodor Höch, Munic
Sold at the lower estimate price
The work Abraham At Sichem by Paulus Potter was sold in the Master Paintings & Sculpture Evening Sale auction at Sothebys in New York in January 2017. The result of USD 300,000.00 (€ 277,932.18) was exactly at the lower end of the estimate range of USD 300,000.00 – 500,000.00. Admittedly, works by Paulus Potter have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Landscape with cattle and a woman cleaning a bucket by a stream in December 2020 with an auction result of GBP 1,582,500.00 (€ 1,767,793.54).
Zuschlag beim unteren Schätzpreis
Die Arbeit Abraham At Sichem von Paulus Potter wurde im Januar 2017 in der Auktion Master Paintings & Sculpture Evening Sale bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von USD 300.000,00 (€ 277.932,18) entsprach exakt dem unteren Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 300.000,00 – 500.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Paulus Potter auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Landscape with cattle and a woman cleaning a bucket by a stream im Dezember 2020 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 1.582.500,00 (€ 1.767.793,54).
Paulus Potter - Auction history
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