Adriaen Coorte
Still Life With A Peach And Two Apricots On A Stone Ledge, Together With Two Butterflies
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 EUR
Price realised: 1.576.750 EUR
Price realised: 1.576.750 EUR
Description
Adriaen Coorte
MIDDELBURG (?) 1660 (?) - AFTER 1707
STILL LIFE WITH A PEACH AND TWO APRICOTS ON A STONE LEDGE, TOGETHER WITH TWO BUTTERFLIES
signed and dated lower right: A , Coorte , i692 ,
oil on paper laid down on panel
26.1 by 20.8 cm.
Possibly Daniël Schorer, clerk at the court of Flanders, Middelburg; | Possibly his sale Middelburg, 15 April 1771, either no. 49 or 50: 'A. Coorte. Een fraay Fruytstukje 10½ [x] 8 [duim = 26.2 x 20 cm]' and 'Een dito niet minder als 't voorgaande, zynde een weerga 10½ [x] 8 [duim = 26.2 x 20 cm]' (see previous lot, note 2); | In the family of the present owner for at least a 100 years.
MIDDELBURG (?) 1660 (?) - AFTER 1707
STILL LIFE WITH A PEACH AND TWO APRICOTS ON A STONE LEDGE, TOGETHER WITH TWO BUTTERFLIES
signed and dated lower right: A , Coorte , i692 ,
oil on paper laid down on panel
26.1 by 20.8 cm.
Possibly Daniël Schorer, clerk at the court of Flanders, Middelburg; | Possibly his sale Middelburg, 15 April 1771, either no. 49 or 50: 'A. Coorte. Een fraay Fruytstukje 10½ [x] 8 [duim = 26.2 x 20 cm]' and 'Een dito niet minder als 't voorgaande, zynde een weerga 10½ [x] 8 [duim = 26.2 x 20 cm]' (see previous lot, note 2); | In the family of the present owner for at least a 100 years.
Artwork auctioned at ten times the upper estimate price
The work Still Life With A Peach And Two Apricots On A Stone Ledge, Together With Two Butterflies by Adriaen Coorte was worth EUR 1,576,750.00 to a buyer in December 2009. This price was achieved in the auction Old Master Paintings at Sothebys in Amsterdam and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of EUR 150,000.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Adriaen Coorte - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Three Peaches On A Stone Ledge, With A Red Admiral Butterfly, which sold at auction in December 2014 for GBP 3,442,500.00 (€ 4,431,639.12).
Kunstwerk zum Zehnfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Still Life With A Peach And Two Apricots On A Stone Ledge, Together With Two Butterflies von Adriaen Coorte war einem Käufer im Dezember 2009 EUR 1.576.750,00 wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Old Master Paintings bei Sothebys in Amsterdam erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von EUR 150.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Adriaen Coorte mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Three Peaches On A Stone Ledge, With A Red Admiral Butterfly beobachtet, die im Dezember 2014 für GBP 3.442.500,00 (€ 4.431.639,12) versteigert wurde.
Adriaen Coorte - Auction history
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