Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Portrait of a young woman, half-length, holding a chain
Found at
Christies,
London
Classic Art Evening Sale: Antiquity to 20th Century, Lot 8
29.Jul - 29.Jul.2020
Classic Art Evening Sale: Antiquity to 20th Century, Lot 8
29.Jul - 29.Jul.2020
Estimate: 4.000.000 - 6.000.000 GBP
Price realised: 3.965.250 GBP
Price realised: 3.965.250 GBP
Description
oil on canvas
33 ¾ x 26 in. (85.5 x 66 cm.)
(Possibly) Commissioned by Vincenzo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1562-1612), for his ‘Gallery of Beauties’. | Unknown Venetian collection, from where appropriated by the Reale Accademia delle Belle Arti, Venice, at the beginning of the 19th century and released onto the Art Market. | (Probably) Sir John Hanmer, 3rd Bt. (1809-1881), mid-19th century, possibly at Bettisfield Park, Hanmer, Wrexham, Wales (with a seal of the Hanmer family crest on the reverse). | Acquired by the present owner in 1
33 ¾ x 26 in. (85.5 x 66 cm.)
(Possibly) Commissioned by Vincenzo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1562-1612), for his ‘Gallery of Beauties’. | Unknown Venetian collection, from where appropriated by the Reale Accademia delle Belle Arti, Venice, at the beginning of the 19th century and released onto the Art Market. | (Probably) Sir John Hanmer, 3rd Bt. (1809-1881), mid-19th century, possibly at Bettisfield Park, Hanmer, Wrexham, Wales (with a seal of the Hanmer family crest on the reverse). | Acquired by the present owner in 1
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by Peter Paul Rubens could be acquired at Christies in London in July 2020 for an unexpectedly low price. In the Classic Art Evening Sale: Antiquity to 20th Century auction, the work Portrait of a young woman, half-length, holding a chain changed hands for GBP 3,965,250.00 (€ 4,422,934.28) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of GBP 4,000,000.00 – 6,000,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Peter Paul Rubens achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Lot and his Daughters in July 2016 with an auction result of GBP 44,882,500.00 (€ 53,330,119.54).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von Peter Paul Rubens konnte im Juli 2020 bei Christies in London für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion Classic Art Evening Sale: Antiquity to 20th Century wechselte die Arbeit Portrait of a young woman, half-length, holding a chain für GBP 3.965.250,00 (€ 4.422.934,28) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 4.000.000,00 – 6.000.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Peter Paul Rubens erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Lot and his Daughters im Juli 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 44.882.500,00 (€ 53.330.119,54).
Peter Paul Rubens - Auction history
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