Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

Peasant girl knitting

Found at Bonhams, London
British and European Art, Lot 54
5. Jul - 5. Jul 2023
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 3.840 GBP
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, 1783-1853)
Peasant girl knitting
oil on canvas
34 x 23.8cm (13 3/8 x 9 3/8in).
Inspector Hans Henrik Frost (1766-1825). | His sale, Copenhagen, 29 March 1826, lot 41 as Landskab, i hvis Forgrund en Bondepige gaaer og strikker (Landscape, with a knitting peasant girl in the foreground). | Doctor Thorgeir Bekker, Nakskov (1898). | Consul general Johan Hansen (his catalogue 1927, no. 318; cat. 1931, no. 324). | His seventh sale, Winkel & Magnussen, Copenhagen, auction 135, 5 May 1933, lot 34. | Purchased from the above by C.A. Lauritzen. | Anon sale Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen, auction 600, 17 May 1994, lot 151.

Auction result well in line with expectations

In July this year Bonhams in London held the auction British and European Art, which included the work Peasant girl knitting by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. The price achieved of GBP 3,840.00 (€ 4,480.12) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 3,000.00 – 5,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Danish Forum Romanum Set Fra Colosseum (The Forum Romanum From The Colosseum) in May 2008 with an auction result of GBP 240,500.00 (€ 305,926.51).

Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen

Im Juli diesen Jahres führte Bonhams in London die Auktion British and European Art durch, in der auch die Arbeit Peasant girl knitting von Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 3.840,00 (€ 4.480,12) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 3.000,00 – 5.000,00 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Danish Forum Romanum Set Fra Colosseum (The Forum Romanum From The Colosseum) im Mai 2008 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 240.500,00 (€ 305.926,51).

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