Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade - De Drinker: Three boors drinking and smoking in a spirit house

Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade

De Drinker: Three boors drinking and smoking in a spirit house

Found at Christies, London
OLD MASTER PICTURES, Lot 70
11. Dec - 11. Dec 2002
Estimate: 300.000 - 500.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.051.650 GBP
Description
Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade (Haarlem c. 1610-1685)
De Drinker: Three boors drinking and smoking in a spirit house
signed 'Av Ostade' (Av linked, lower centre)
oil on panel
11¼ x 9 1/16 in. (28.6 x 23 cm.)
- Willem Fabricius; sale, Bosch, Haarlem, 19 August 1749, lot 3 (with the pendant, lot 4, 305 guilders to J.M. Cock on behalf of Braamcamp). | Gerrit Braamcamp (1699-1771), Herengracht, Amsterdam; (+) sale, Van der S
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A top price for Adriaen van Ostade

This artwork by Adriaen van Ostade achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in December 2002. In the OLD MASTER PICTURES auction, the work De Drinker: Three boors drinking and smoking in a spirit house sold for GBP 1,051,650.00 (€ 1,614,335.41) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 500,000.00. This high result makes De Drinker: Three boors drinking and smoking in a spirit house the most expensive artwork by Adriaen van Ostade that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Adriaen van Ostade

Dieses Kunstwerk von Adriaen van Ostade erzielte im Dezember 2002 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion OLD MASTER PICTURES wurde die Arbeit De Drinker: Three boors drinking and smoking in a spirit house für GBP 1.051.650,00 (€ 1.614.335,41) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 500.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht De Drinker: Three boors drinking and smoking in a spirit house zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Adriaen van Ostade, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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