Rachel Ruysch
Still life with flowers in a vase on a ledge with a dragonfly, caterpillar, and butterfly
Estimate: 1.000.000 - 1.500.000 USD
Price realised: 2.198.000 USD
Price realised: 2.198.000 USD
Description
Property of a Trust
Rachel Ruysch
The Hague 1664 - 1750 Amsterdam
Still life with flowers in a vase on a ledge with a dragonfly, caterpillar, and butterfly
signed and dated lower left: Rachel Ruysch 1698
oil on canvas
19 by 15 ¾ in.; 48.3 by 40 cm.
Pieter Locquet, Amsterdam; | His deceased sale, Amsterdam, Van der Schley a.o., 22 September 1783, lot 312 (for fl. 200); | There acquired by Van der Schley, Amsterdam; | Count Czernin von Chudenitz, Vienna, 1810 (cat. no. 95); | Thence by descent until sold to Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, 1948; | From where acquired for a private collection, Austria; | From whom acquired by present owner, early 1990s.
Rachel Ruysch
The Hague 1664 - 1750 Amsterdam
Still life with flowers in a vase on a ledge with a dragonfly, caterpillar, and butterfly
signed and dated lower left: Rachel Ruysch 1698
oil on canvas
19 by 15 ¾ in.; 48.3 by 40 cm.
Pieter Locquet, Amsterdam; | His deceased sale, Amsterdam, Van der Schley a.o., 22 September 1783, lot 312 (for fl. 200); | There acquired by Van der Schley, Amsterdam; | Count Czernin von Chudenitz, Vienna, 1810 (cat. no. 95); | Thence by descent until sold to Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, 1948; | From where acquired for a private collection, Austria; | From whom acquired by present owner, early 1990s.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 47 %.
The work Still life with flowers in a vase on a ledge with a dragonfly, caterpillar, and butterfly by Rachel Ruysch was sold in the Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I auction at Sothebys in New York in January 2021. It achieved a price of USD 2,198,000.00 (€ 1,811,289.66), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 47%. Other works by Rachel Ruysch have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of GBP 1,650,500.00 (€ 1,885,983.93) in July 2013 for the work Still Life Of Roses, Tulips, A Sunflower And Other Flowers In A Glass Vase With A Bee, Butterfly And Other Insects Upon A Marble Ledge.
Oberer Schätzpreis um 47 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Still life with flowers in a vase on a ledge with a dragonfly, caterpillar, and butterfly von Rachel Ruysch wurde im Januar 2021 in der Auktion Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 2.198.000,00 (€ 1.811.289,66) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 47%. Andere Arbeiten von Rachel Ruysch haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von GBP 1.650.500,00 (€ 1.885.983,93) im Juli 2013 für die Arbeit Still Life Of Roses, Tulips, A Sunflower And Other Flowers In A Glass Vase With A Bee, Butterfly And Other Insects Upon A Marble Ledge beobachtet.
Rachel Ruysch - Auction history
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