Dirck Van Delen

A church interior with elegant company attending a christening

Found at Christies, London
Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale, Lot 38
09.Jul - 09.Jul.2015
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 GBP
Price realised: 158.500 GBP
signed and dated 'dirck van delen. fecit. 1629' (lower right)
oil on copper
9 5/8 x 13 ¾ in. (24.4 x 34.9 cm.)
(Possibly) John (Jan) Hope (1737-1784), Amsterdam. | Thomas Hope (1769-1831), Duchess Street, London, as hanging in the New Gallery, and Deepdene, Surrey, and by descent to | Henry Thomas Hope (1808-1862),and by inheritance to his wife, | Anne Adèle Hope (d. 1884),and by inheritance to her grandson, | Lord Henry Francis Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 8th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme (1866-1941), London, by whom sold to the following, | with P. & D. Colnaghi and Asher Wertheimer (1844-1918), London, 1898.

Upper estimate price exceeded by 32 %.

The work A church interior with elegant company attending a christening by Dirck van Delen was sold in the Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale auction at Christies in London in July 2015. It achieved a price of GBP 158,500.00 (€ 224,699.76), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 32%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Dirck van Delen - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work An architectural capriccio with Jephthah and his daughter, which sold at auction in April 2017 for USD 667,500.00 (€ 612,666.36).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 32 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit A church interior with elegant company attending a christening von Dirck van Delen wurde im Juli 2015 in der Auktion Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale bei Christies in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 158.500,00 (€ 224.699,76) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 32%. Für andere Arbeiten von Dirck van Delen mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit An architectural capriccio with Jephthah and his daughter beobachtet, die im April 2017 für USD 667.500,00 (€ 612.666,36) versteigert wurde.

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