Allan Ramsay
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter length, seated at a harpsichord, holding a sheet of music
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Price realised: 10.080 USD
Price realised: 10.080 USD
Description
Property from a Private Collection, California
Allan Ramsay
Edinburgh 1713 - 1784 Dover
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter length, seated at a harpsichord, holding a sheet of music
oil on canvas
canvas: 47 by 35½ in.; 119 by 90.2 cm.
framed: 55¾ by 46¼ in.; 141.6 by 117.5 cm.
Anonymous sale ("The Property of a Gentleman"), London, Christie's, 28 June 1963, lot 61 (as Thomas Hudson); | Anonymous sale (Property from a Private Canadian Collection), New York, Sotheby's, 1 February 2018, lot 600; | There acquired.
Allan Ramsay
Edinburgh 1713 - 1784 Dover
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter length, seated at a harpsichord, holding a sheet of music
oil on canvas
canvas: 47 by 35½ in.; 119 by 90.2 cm.
framed: 55¾ by 46¼ in.; 141.6 by 117.5 cm.
Anonymous sale ("The Property of a Gentleman"), London, Christie's, 28 June 1963, lot 61 (as Thomas Hudson); | Anonymous sale (Property from a Private Canadian Collection), New York, Sotheby's, 1 February 2018, lot 600; | There acquired.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Portrait of a lady, three-quarter length, seated at a harpsichord, holding a sheet of music by Allan Ramsay was sold in the Master Paintings and Drawings Part II auction at Sothebys in New York in May last year. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of USD 10,000.00 – 15,000.00, the actual price achieved of USD 10,080.00 (€ 9,393.35) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Allan Ramsay achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Portrait of Anne, Lady North (c. 1740-1797), wife of Frederick North, 2nd Baron North, three-quarter-length, in a pink dress and lace shawl with roses at her décolletage, and a lace headdress, by a column in July 2008 with an auction result of GBP 421,250.00 (€ 535,202.87).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Portrait of a lady, three-quarter length, seated at a harpsichord, holding a sheet of music von Allan Ramsay wurde im Mai letzten Jahres in der Auktion Master Paintings and Drawings Part II bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 10.000,00 – 15.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von USD 10.080,00 (€ 9.393,35) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Allan Ramsay erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Portrait of Anne, Lady North (c. 1740-1797), wife of Frederick North, 2nd Baron North, three-quarter-length, in a pink dress and lace shawl with roses at her décolletage, and a lace headdress, by a column im Juli 2008 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 421.250,00 (€ 535.202,87).
Allan Ramsay - Auction history
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