Willem De Klerk
A peasant woman and child on a wooded path by a forest
Estimate: 9.000 - 14.000 EUR
Price realised: 26.290 EUR
Price realised: 26.290 EUR
Description
Willem de Klerk (Dutch, 1800-1876)
A peasant woman and child on a wooded path by a forest
signed 'W de Klerk.' (lower centre)
oil on panel
41.5 x 53.5 cm.
A peasant woman and child on a wooded path by a forest
signed 'W de Klerk.' (lower centre)
oil on panel
41.5 x 53.5 cm.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by Willem de Klerk achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Amsterdam in April 2002. In the 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN ART auction, the work A peasant woman and child on a wooded path by a forest sold for EUR 26,290.00 - well above the upper estimate of EUR 14,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Willem de Klerk; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot A winterlandscape with peasants on a frozen waterway, with farmhouses and a windmill beyond sold at auction in April 2001 with the realized price of NLG 99,875.00 (€ 45,840.76).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Willem de Klerk erzielte im April 2002 bei Christies in Amsterdam einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN ART wurde die Arbeit A peasant woman and child on a wooded path by a forest für EUR 26.290,00 versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von EUR 14.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Willem de Klerk; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit A winterlandscape with peasants on a frozen waterway, with farmhouses and a windmill beyond im April 2001 mit dem Hammerpreis von NLG 99.875,00 (€ 45.840,76).
Willem de Klerk - Auction history
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