Arthur William Devis
Portrait study of Captain Sir Thomas Hardy for 'The Death of Lord Nelson'
Found at
Christies,
London
Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolours, Lot 365
8. Dec - 8. Dec 2011
Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolours, Lot 365
8. Dec - 8. Dec 2011
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 6.875 GBP
Price realised: 6.875 GBP
Description
Arthur William Devis (London 1729-1817)
Portrait study of Captain Sir Thomas Hardy for 'The Death of Lord Nelson'
signed 'A W Devis' (lower left) and inscribed 'Sketched on board the Victory./Cap t . Sir Thomas Hardy Bar t .' (lower centre) and with inscription 'The sketch made on board the Victory for The Death/of Nelson by Devis Cap t . Hardy' (upper centre on the mount)
pencil, unframed
6½ x 5 in. (16.5 x 12.7 cm.); with a sheet of studies for 'The Death of Lord Nelson' (recto) and a study of a plant (verso), and a pencil head study of Admiral Lord Nelson, after Hoppner by another hand (3)
Portrait study of Captain Sir Thomas Hardy for 'The Death of Lord Nelson'
signed 'A W Devis' (lower left) and inscribed 'Sketched on board the Victory./Cap t . Sir Thomas Hardy Bar t .' (lower centre) and with inscription 'The sketch made on board the Victory for The Death/of Nelson by Devis Cap t . Hardy' (upper centre on the mount)
pencil, unframed
6½ x 5 in. (16.5 x 12.7 cm.); with a sheet of studies for 'The Death of Lord Nelson' (recto) and a study of a plant (verso), and a pencil head study of Admiral Lord Nelson, after Hoppner by another hand (3)
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
The work Portrait study of Captain Sir Thomas Hardy for 'The Death of Lord Nelson' by Arthur William Devis was worth GBP 6,875.00 (€ 8,233.78) to a buyer in December 2011. This price was achieved in the auction Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolours at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 1,500.00 many times over. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Arthur William Devis achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Portrait of the children of Benjamin Goldsmid, with a pony and a dog in a landscape in May last year with an auction result of GBP 201,600.00 (€ 237,163.21).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Portrait study of Captain Sir Thomas Hardy for 'The Death of Lord Nelson' von Arthur William Devis war einem Käufer im Dezember 2011 GBP 6.875,00 (€ 8.233,78) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolours bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.500,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Arthur William Devis erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Portrait of the children of Benjamin Goldsmid, with a pony and a dog in a landscape im Mai letzten Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 201.600,00 (€ 237.163,21).
Arthur William Devis - Auction history
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