Caspar Netscher
Portrait of a gentleman scientist, probably Constantijn Huygens, half-length, standing beside a group of miscroscopes
Estimate: 7.000 - 10.000 GBP
Price realised: 37.750 GBP
Price realised: 37.750 GBP
Description
Caspar Netscher (Heidelberg 1639-1684 The Hague)
Portrait of a gentleman scientist, probably Constantijn Huygens, half-length, standing beside a group of miscroscopes
signed and dated 'CNetscher.Fec. 1680' (lower left, CN in ligature)
oil on canvas
48.6 x 39.2cm (19 1/8 x 15 7/16in).
Sale, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Palm Beach (Florida), 29 September, 2016, lot 9 (as Caspar Netscher of an unknown man), whence acquired by the current owner
Portrait of a gentleman scientist, probably Constantijn Huygens, half-length, standing beside a group of miscroscopes
signed and dated 'CNetscher.Fec. 1680' (lower left, CN in ligature)
oil on canvas
48.6 x 39.2cm (19 1/8 x 15 7/16in).
Sale, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Palm Beach (Florida), 29 September, 2016, lot 9 (as Caspar Netscher of an unknown man), whence acquired by the current owner
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Portrait of a gentleman scientist, probably Constantijn Huygens, half-length, standing beside a group of miscroscopes by Caspar Netscher was auctioned at Bonhams in London in December 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 10,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 37,750.00 (€ 42,170.11). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Caspar Netscher achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Woman Feeding A Parrot in June 2014 with an auction result of USD 5,093,000.00 (€ 3,720,233.75).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Portrait of a gentleman scientist, probably Constantijn Huygens, half-length, standing beside a group of miscroscopes von Caspar Netscher im Dezember 2020 bei Bonhams in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 10.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 37.750,00 (€ 42.170,11) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Caspar Netscher erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Woman Feeding A Parrot im Juni 2014 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 5.093.000,00 (€ 3.720.233,75).
Caspar Netscher - Auction history
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