Bernard Picart

Design for an engraving: Night scene with the wigmaker, Brontin and Boirude, the sacristan, surprised by a night owl flying out of a lectern, from Le Lutrin

Found at Christies, New York
The I.Q. van Regteren Altena Collection Part IV, Lot 2
13. May - 13. May 2015
Estimate: 3.000 - 4.000 EUR
Price realised: 4.375 EUR
signed 'B: Picart fecit'
pen and black ink, grey wash, heightened with white, indented for transfer, the verso blackened, the border on a separate sheet of paper attached to the drawing
29.4 x 20.3 cm. (the inner sheet 20.5 x 14.8 cm.)
possibly Curt Otto (circa 1880-1929); C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, 7 November 1929, part of lot 167 ('ca. 35 Bl. Handzeichnungen meist älterer Meister [...] Picart [...]'); where purchased by I.Q. van Regteren Altena for 1 guilder (Inventory book: '804. t. B. Picart illustratie').

Upper estimated price slightly exceeded

In May 2015 Christies in New York held the auction The I.Q. van Regteren Altena Collection Part IV, which included the work Design for an engraving: Night scene with the wigmaker, Brontin and Boirude, the sacristan, surprised by a night owl flying out of a lectern, from Le Lutrin by Bernard Picart. Here, the upper estimate of EUR 4,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for EUR 4,375.00. Other works by Bernard Picart have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of GBP 6,875.00 (€ 7,855.89) in July 2013 for the work An Allegorical Frontispiece, Perhaps A Reflection On Human Frailty.

Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen

Im Mai 2015 führte Christies in New York die Auktion The I.Q. van Regteren Altena Collection Part IV durch, in der auch die Arbeit Design for an engraving: Night scene with the wigmaker, Brontin and Boirude, the sacristan, surprised by a night owl flying out of a lectern, from Le Lutrin von Bernard Picart zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von EUR 4.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für EUR 4.375,00 einen neuen Besitzer. Andere Arbeiten von Bernard Picart haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von GBP 6.875,00 (€ 7.855,89) im Juli 2013 für die Arbeit An Allegorical Frontispiece, Perhaps A Reflection On Human Frailty beobachtet.

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