Sir David Wilkie, R.A.
Domestic Life
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 GBP
Price realised: 93.750 GBP
Price realised: 93.750 GBP
Description
Sir David Wilkie, R.A.
FIFIE 1785 - 1841 AT SEA OFF GIBRALTAR
DOMESTIC LIFE
signed and dated, lower left: D WILKIE/ 1836
indistinctly inscribed on an old label, verso, in French: Ce tableau... pas de vernir...
oil on panel
27.3 x 23.8 cm.; 10 3/4 x 9 3/8 in.
Acquired from the artist by Juan Peyronnet, Toulouse, 1836; | Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 29 May 1875, lot 136 ("La Vie Domestique"), to Polak for £50; | A.B. Yuille, Bellevue, Bridge of Allan; | By whom sold, London, Christie's, 6 February 1909, lot 59 (Domestic Felicity), to Field for £18, 18s; | J. R. Edmiston, by whom acquired 19 February 1969; | With Ian McNicol, Glasgow; | Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Lady'), Edinburgh, Chr
FIFIE 1785 - 1841 AT SEA OFF GIBRALTAR
DOMESTIC LIFE
signed and dated, lower left: D WILKIE/ 1836
indistinctly inscribed on an old label, verso, in French: Ce tableau... pas de vernir...
oil on panel
27.3 x 23.8 cm.; 10 3/4 x 9 3/8 in.
Acquired from the artist by Juan Peyronnet, Toulouse, 1836; | Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 29 May 1875, lot 136 ("La Vie Domestique"), to Polak for £50; | A.B. Yuille, Bellevue, Bridge of Allan; | By whom sold, London, Christie's, 6 February 1909, lot 59 (Domestic Felicity), to Field for £18, 18s; | J. R. Edmiston, by whom acquired 19 February 1969; | With Ian McNicol, Glasgow; | Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Lady'), Edinburgh, Chr
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Domestic Life by David Wilkie was auctioned at Sothebys in London in December 2018. The price achieved of GBP 93,750.00 (€ 104,445.81) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 80,000.00 – 120,000.00. Admittedly, works by David Wilkie have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work The Spanish Girl in November 2003 with an auction result of GBP 363,650.00 (€ 522,024.96).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Domestic Life von David Wilkie kam im Dezember 2018 bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 93.750,00 (€ 104.445,81) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 80.000,00 – 120.000,00 angegeben worden. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von David Wilkie auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit The Spanish Girl im November 2003 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 363.650,00 (€ 522.024,96).
David Wilkie - Auction history
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