Pieter van Mol
Diogenes with his lantern looking for an honest man
Estimate: 2.000.000 - 3.000.000 USD
Price realised: 5.779.200 USD
Price realised: 5.779.200 USD
Description
Property from the Collection of J.E. Safra
Pieter van Mol
Antwerp 1599 - 1650 Paris
Diogenes with his lantern looking for an honest man
oil on panel
panel: 25 5/8 by 33 1/4 in.; 65 by 84.6 cm.
framed: 38 1/2 by 46 in.; 97.8 by 116.8 cm.
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J・E・薩富拉收藏 彼得・凡・摩爾
Paul-Henri-Thiry, baron d’Holbach (1723 - 1789), Paris; | His estate sale, Paris, 11 March 1789, lot 8 (for 4.761 livres) 1 ; | There acquired by Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Le Brun (1748 - 1813), Paris; | By whom sold, Paris, 11 April - 8 May 1791, lot 86 (for 5.948 livres) 2 ; | There acquired by François-Pascal Haudry (1718 - 1800), Orléans; | By whom offered by private treaty, Orléans, 4 August 1800, lot 96 3 ; | Anonymous sale, Paris, 25-28 January 1802, lot no. 98
Pieter van Mol
Antwerp 1599 - 1650 Paris
Diogenes with his lantern looking for an honest man
oil on panel
panel: 25 5/8 by 33 1/4 in.; 65 by 84.6 cm.
framed: 38 1/2 by 46 in.; 97.8 by 116.8 cm.
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J・E・薩富拉收藏 彼得・凡・摩爾
Paul-Henri-Thiry, baron d’Holbach (1723 - 1789), Paris; | His estate sale, Paris, 11 March 1789, lot 8 (for 4.761 livres) 1 ; | There acquired by Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Le Brun (1748 - 1813), Paris; | By whom sold, Paris, 11 April - 8 May 1791, lot 86 (for 5.948 livres) 2 ; | There acquired by François-Pascal Haudry (1718 - 1800), Orléans; | By whom offered by private treaty, Orléans, 4 August 1800, lot 96 3 ; | Anonymous sale, Paris, 25-28 January 1802, lot no. 98
A top price for Pieter van Mol
This artwork by Pieter van Mol achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in January last year. In the Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I auction, the work Diogenes with his lantern looking for an honest man sold for USD 5,779,200.00 (€ 5,154,477.35) - well above the upper estimate of USD 3,000,000.00. This high result makes Diogenes with his lantern looking for an honest man the most expensive artwork by Pieter van Mol that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Pieter van Mol
Dieses Kunstwerk von Pieter van Mol erzielte im Januar letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I wurde die Arbeit Diogenes with his lantern looking for an honest man für USD 5.779.200,00 (€ 5.154.477,35) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 3.000.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Diogenes with his lantern looking for an honest man zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Pieter van Mol, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Pieter van Mol - Auction history
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