Balthasar Van Der Ast
A Still Life Of Fruit And Shells With A Rose And Various Insects Upon A Stone Ledge
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Including Three Renaissance Masterworks from Chatsworth, Lot 7
5. Dec - 5. Dec 2012
Including Three Renaissance Masterworks from Chatsworth, Lot 7
5. Dec - 5. Dec 2012
Estimate: 300.000 - 400.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.497.250 GBP
Price realised: 1.497.250 GBP
Description
Balthasar van der Ast
MIDDELBURG 1593/94 - 1657 DELFT
A STILL LIFE OF FRUIT AND SHELLS WITH A ROSE AND VARIOUS INSECTS UPON A STONE LEDGE
signed lower right: .B.vander.Ast
oil on oak panel
36.5 by 50.5 cm.; 14 3/8 by 19 7/8 in.
Emil Lachman, Berlin; | His (deceased) sale, Berlin, Lepke, 30 September - 1 October 1913, lot 247; | Anonymous sale, London, Christie’s, 27 June 1958, lot 71, for £1,800 to Hallsborough; | With the Hallsborough Gallery, London; | Purchased from the above by the father of the present owner.
MIDDELBURG 1593/94 - 1657 DELFT
A STILL LIFE OF FRUIT AND SHELLS WITH A ROSE AND VARIOUS INSECTS UPON A STONE LEDGE
signed lower right: .B.vander.Ast
oil on oak panel
36.5 by 50.5 cm.; 14 3/8 by 19 7/8 in.
Emil Lachman, Berlin; | His (deceased) sale, Berlin, Lepke, 30 September - 1 October 1913, lot 247; | Anonymous sale, London, Christie’s, 27 June 1958, lot 71, for £1,800 to Hallsborough; | With the Hallsborough Gallery, London; | Purchased from the above by the father of the present owner.
A top price for Balthasar van der Ast
The work A Still Life Of Fruit And Shells With A Rose And Various Insects Upon A Stone Ledge by Balthasar van der Ast was worth GBP 1,497,250.00 (€ 1,846,525.06) to a buyer in December 2012. This price was achieved in the auction Including Three Renaissance Masterworks from Chatsworth at Sothebys in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 400,000.00 many times over. This high result makes A Still Life Of Fruit And Shells With A Rose And Various Insects Upon A Stone Ledge the most expensive artwork by Balthasar van der Ast that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Balthasar van der Ast
Die Arbeit A Still Life Of Fruit And Shells With A Rose And Various Insects Upon A Stone Ledge von Balthasar van der Ast war einem Käufer im Dezember 2012 GBP 1.497.250,00 (€ 1.846.525,06) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Including Three Renaissance Masterworks from Chatsworth bei Sothebys in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 400.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht A Still Life Of Fruit And Shells With A Rose And Various Insects Upon A Stone Ledge zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Balthasar van der Ast, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Balthasar van der Ast - Auction history
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