Willem Van Aelst
Still life with grapes in a basket, peaches on a silver dish, medlars, two butterflies, a fly and a snail, all on a red velvet cloth over a partially draped ledge
Estimate: 1.000.000 - 1.500.000 USD
Price realised: 1.230.000 USD
Price realised: 1.230.000 USD
Description
Property of a Trust
Willem van Aelst
Delft 1627 - 1683 Amsterdam
Still life with grapes in a basket, peaches on a silver dish, medlars, two butterflies, a fly and a snail, all on a red velvet cloth over a partially draped ledge
signed upper right: Guill. mo van Aelst.
oil on canvas
29 ½ by 22 ¼ in.; 74.9 by 56.5 cm.
With Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, by 1936; | Bas de Geus van den Heuvel, Amsterdam and Nieuwersluis, 1963-1976; | By whom sold, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 30 April 1976, lot 36; | Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 30 March 1979, lot 36; | Bücker collection, Düren, 1981; | Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 10 July 1998, lot 27; | With Johnny van Haeften, London and Otto Naumann, New York, by 1999; | From whom acquired by the present collectors.
Willem van Aelst
Delft 1627 - 1683 Amsterdam
Still life with grapes in a basket, peaches on a silver dish, medlars, two butterflies, a fly and a snail, all on a red velvet cloth over a partially draped ledge
signed upper right: Guill. mo van Aelst.
oil on canvas
29 ½ by 22 ¼ in.; 74.9 by 56.5 cm.
With Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, by 1936; | Bas de Geus van den Heuvel, Amsterdam and Nieuwersluis, 1963-1976; | By whom sold, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 30 April 1976, lot 36; | Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 30 March 1979, lot 36; | Bücker collection, Düren, 1981; | Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 10 July 1998, lot 27; | With Johnny van Haeften, London and Otto Naumann, New York, by 1999; | From whom acquired by the present collectors.
A top price for Willem van Aelst - as previously expected
The work Still life with grapes in a basket, peaches on a silver dish, medlars, two butterflies, a fly and a snail, all on a red velvet cloth over a partially draped ledge by Willem van Aelst was sold in the Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I auction at Sothebys in New York in January 2021. The price achieved of USD 1,230,000.00 (€ 1,013,597.03) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 1,000,000.00 – 1,500,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Still life with grapes in a basket, peaches on a silver dish, medlars, two butterflies, a fly and a snail, all on a red velvet cloth over a partially draped ledge is the most expensive artwork by Willem van Aelst that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit Still life with grapes in a basket, peaches on a silver dish, medlars, two butterflies, a fly and a snail, all on a red velvet cloth over a partially draped ledge von Willem van Aelst wurde im Januar 2021 in der Auktion Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 1.230.000,00 (€ 1.013.597,03) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 1.000.000,00 – 1.500.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Still life with grapes in a basket, peaches on a silver dish, medlars, two butterflies, a fly and a snail, all on a red velvet cloth over a partially draped ledge das teuerste Kunstwerk von Willem van Aelst, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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