Dirck Van Delen

An architectural capriccio with figures promenading and boys arguing over a game of skittles

Found at Christies, New York
Old Masters, Lot 11
31.Okt - 31.Okt.2017
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 USD
Price realised: 300.000 USD
signed and dated 'D van delen. 1634' (lower right, on the base of the column)
oil on panel
23 7/8 x 39 in. (60.6 x 99.1 cm.)
F.W. Klever, Cologne; Heberle, Cologne, 19 January 1892, lot 2, as with figures by Palamedesz. | Anonymous sale; Koller, Zurich, 12-13 November 1982, lot 5034. | with David Koetser, Zurich, where acquired by the present owner circa 1983.

Sold at the upper estimate price

The work An architectural capriccio with figures promenading and boys arguing over a game of skittles by Dirck van Delen was auctioned at Christies in New York in October 2017. The auction ended at the price of USD 300,000.00 (€ 257,554.95), which exactly corresponded to the upper end of the estimated price range of USD 200,000.00 – 300,000.00. 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).

Zuschlag beim oberen Schätzpreis

Die Arbeit An architectural capriccio with figures promenading and boys arguing over a game of skittles von Dirck van Delen kam im Oktober 2017 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von USD 300.000,00 (€ 257.554,95) entsprach exakt dem oberen Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 200.000,00 – 300.000,00. 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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