Arthur William Devis

Portrait of Horatio, Viscount Nelson, K.B., Vice-Admiral of the White (1758–1805), half-length, in Vice-Admiral's undress uniform, cocked hat with black silk cockade and green eyeshade, with the stars of the Bath, the St. Ferdinand and the Crescent

Found at Christies, London
Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale, Lot 183
10.Jul - 10.Jul.2015
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 122.500 GBP
oil on canvas, unlined
14 x 12 1/8 in. (35.6 x 30.8 cm.)
in its original composition frame
with an autograph letter signed by Nelson to Captain Page, Piccadilly, 4 March 1803, recommending a friend’s godson, and hoping that Page is enjoying his new command, the HMS Caroline, one page (seal tear, browned, laid down on paper)
Painted in 1805 for Admiral Benjamin William Page (1765-1845), by whom given to, | The Rev. W.S. Halliday, Glenthorne, Lynton, Devon, and by descent to the present owner.

Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price

When the work Portrait of Horatio, Viscount Nelson, K.B., Vice-Admiral of the White (1758–1805), half-length, in Vice-Admiral's undress uniform, cocked hat with black silk cockade and green eyeshade, with the stars of the Bath, the St. Ferdinand and the Crescent by Arthur William Devis was auctioned at Christies in London in July 2015, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 30,000.00 but the actual price achieved Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Arthur William Devis; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Portrait of the children of Benjamin Goldsmid, with a pony and a dog in a landscape sold at auction in May last year with the realized price of GBP 201,600.00 (€ 237,163.21).

Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit Portrait of Horatio, Viscount Nelson, K.B., Vice-Admiral of the White (1758–1805), half-length, in Vice-Admiral's undress uniform, cocked hat with black silk cockade and green eyeshade, with the stars of the Bath, the St. Ferdinand and the Crescent von Arthur William Devis im Juli 2015 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 30.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 122.500,00 (€ 173.663,86) mehr als viermal so hoch. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Arthur William Devis; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Portrait of the children of Benjamin Goldsmid, with a pony and a dog in a landscape im Mai letzten Jahres mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 201.600,00 (€ 237.163,21).

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