Adam De Coster
A Young Woman Holding A Distaff Before A Lit Candle
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Master Paintings & Sculpture Evening Sale, Lot 23
25. Jan - 25. Jan 2017
Master Paintings & Sculpture Evening Sale, Lot 23
25. Jan - 25. Jan 2017
Estimate: 1.500.000 - 2.000.000 USD
Price realised: 4.850.000 USD
Price realised: 4.850.000 USD
Description
Adam de Coster
MECHELEN 1585/6 - 1643 ANTWERP
A YOUNG WOMAN HOLDING A DISTAFF BEFORE A LIT CANDLE
oil on canvas
52 3/4 by 37 3/8 in.; 134 by 94.9 cm.
Principe di Galati, Palermo, by descent in the family since the 17th century and until before 1958 (where documented in an early inventory as by Gerrit von Honthorst, and where hung together with a painting by Matthias Stomer); | Private collection; | Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 17 January 1992, lot 46 (followed by the pendant by Matthias Stomer as lot 46A); | There acquired by the present collector.
MECHELEN 1585/6 - 1643 ANTWERP
A YOUNG WOMAN HOLDING A DISTAFF BEFORE A LIT CANDLE
oil on canvas
52 3/4 by 37 3/8 in.; 134 by 94.9 cm.
Principe di Galati, Palermo, by descent in the family since the 17th century and until before 1958 (where documented in an early inventory as by Gerrit von Honthorst, and where hung together with a painting by Matthias Stomer); | Private collection; | Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 17 January 1992, lot 46 (followed by the pendant by Matthias Stomer as lot 46A); | There acquired by the present collector.
A top price for Adam de Coster
This artwork by Adam de Coster achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in January 2017. In the Master Paintings & Sculpture Evening Sale auction, the work A Young Woman Holding A Distaff Before A Lit Candle sold for USD 4,850,000.00 (€ 4,493,236.98) - well above the upper estimate of USD 2,000,000.00. This high result makes A Young Woman Holding A Distaff Before A Lit Candle the most expensive artwork by Adam de Coster that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Adam de Coster
Dieses Kunstwerk von Adam de Coster erzielte im Januar 2017 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Master Paintings & Sculpture Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit A Young Woman Holding A Distaff Before A Lit Candle für USD 4.850.000,00 (€ 4.493.236,98) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 2.000.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht A Young Woman Holding A Distaff Before A Lit Candle zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Adam de Coster, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Adam de Coster - Auction history
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