Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne
Winter Landscape With Elegant Figures On The Ice Before A Town
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 GBP
Price realised: 290.500 GBP
Price realised: 290.500 GBP
Description
Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne
DELFT 1589 - 1662 THE HAGUE
WINTER LANDSCAPE WITH ELEGANT FIGURES ON THE ICE BEFORE A TOWN
signed in monogram lower left: AVV and bears signature lower centre: BRUEGHEL
oil on panel
15.5 by 24.9 cm.; 6 1/8 by 9 3/4 in.
Admiral Rudolf Montecuccoli (1843–1922), Chief of the Austro-Hungarian Navy (1904–1913), Baden, Austria (his coat-of-arms on the reverse of the panel); | Acquired from the above by the father of the late owner; | Thence by descent to the present owner, a Foundation.
DELFT 1589 - 1662 THE HAGUE
WINTER LANDSCAPE WITH ELEGANT FIGURES ON THE ICE BEFORE A TOWN
signed in monogram lower left: AVV and bears signature lower centre: BRUEGHEL
oil on panel
15.5 by 24.9 cm.; 6 1/8 by 9 3/4 in.
Admiral Rudolf Montecuccoli (1843–1922), Chief of the Austro-Hungarian Navy (1904–1913), Baden, Austria (his coat-of-arms on the reverse of the panel); | Acquired from the above by the father of the late owner; | Thence by descent to the present owner, a Foundation.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 94 %.
This artwork by Adriaen van de Venne achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in July 2014. In the Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale auction, the work Winter Landscape With Elegant Figures On The Ice Before A Town sold for GBP 290,500.00 (€ 366,411.84) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 150,000.00. Admittedly, works by Adriaen van de Venne have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work A Winter Landscape With Figures Skating On A Frozen River, Prince Maurits Of Orange-Nassau With A Hunting Party In The Foreground in July 2007 with an auction result of GBP 1,308,000.00 (€ 1,942,681.93).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 94 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Adriaen van de Venne erzielte im Juli 2014 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit Winter Landscape With Elegant Figures On The Ice Before A Town für GBP 290.500,00 (€ 366.411,84) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 150.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Adriaen van de Venne auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit A Winter Landscape With Figures Skating On A Frozen River, Prince Maurits Of Orange-Nassau With A Hunting Party In The Foreground im Juli 2007 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 1.308.000,00 (€ 1.942.681,93).
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