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- Christiaen van Couwenbergh
- Diana after the hunt, with a portrait of the artist
Christiaen Van Couwenbergh
Diana after the hunt, with a portrait of the artist
Estimate: 12.000 - 18.000 GBP
Price realised: 35.000 GBP
Price realised: 35.000 GBP
Description
signed with monogram and dated '1653 / C. B. F.' (lower centre, on the quiver)
oil on canvas
87 ½ x 74 7/8 in. (222.8 x 190.4 cm.)
Hugó Kilényi (1840-1924); his sale, Ernst-Múzeum, Budapest, 26 November 1917, lot 10, as 'Carel Emmanuel Biset'. | Anonymous sale; Dorotheum, Vienna, 27 November 1945, lot 33, as 'Flemish Master, 17th century'.
oil on canvas
87 ½ x 74 7/8 in. (222.8 x 190.4 cm.)
Hugó Kilényi (1840-1924); his sale, Ernst-Múzeum, Budapest, 26 November 1917, lot 10, as 'Carel Emmanuel Biset'. | Anonymous sale; Dorotheum, Vienna, 27 November 1945, lot 33, as 'Flemish Master, 17th century'.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 94 %.
This artwork by Christiaen van Couwenbergh achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in July 2019. In the Old Masters Day Sale auction, the work Diana after the hunt, with a portrait of the artist sold for GBP 35,000.00 (€ 38,427.67) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 18,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Christiaen van Couwenbergh; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot A Merry Company Drinking And Playing Music sold at auction in May 2019 with the realized price of USD 50,000.00 (€ 44,847.07).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 94 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Christiaen van Couwenbergh erzielte im Juli 2019 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Masters Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Diana after the hunt, with a portrait of the artist für GBP 35.000,00 (€ 38.427,67) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 18.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Christiaen van Couwenbergh; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit A Merry Company Drinking And Playing Music im Mai 2019 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 50.000,00 (€ 44.847,07).