William Hogarth
The Pugilist: A Quarterstaff Player, almost certainly James Figg (1684-1734)
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 GBP
Price realised: 375.000 GBP
Price realised: 375.000 GBP
Description
(Possibly) John Rich, London; his sale (†), Langford, London, 2 April 1762, lot 68, as 'Mr. Hogarth. A Portrait of Mr. Rich’s Gardener at Cowley – The landscape by Mr. Lambert'. | John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden, KG, PC (1759-1840), London, by 1817; Christie's, London, 12 June 1841, lot 8, as 'Hogarth. Portrait of a celebrated Quarter-staff Player. Painted for Mr. Pratt (16 gns. to Smith, presumably for the following). | Henry Ralph Willett (1786-1857), Merley House, Wimborne, Dor
A top price for William Hogarth
The work The Pugilist: A Quarterstaff Player, almost certainly James Figg (1684-1734) by William Hogarth was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2020. It achieved a price of GBP 375,000.00 (€ 418,908.42), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 25%. With this result, The Pugilist: A Quarterstaff Player, almost certainly James Figg (1684-1734) is even the most expensive work of art by William Hogarth that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für William Hogarth
Die Arbeit The Pugilist: A Quarterstaff Player, almost certainly James Figg (1684-1734) von William Hogarth kam im Dezember 2020 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 375.000,00 (€ 418.908,42) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 25%. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist The Pugilist: A Quarterstaff Player, almost certainly James Figg (1684-1734) sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von William Hogarth, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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