Edward Penny, R.A.
Portrait of Catherine Whitmore (1722–1800), aged 29, three-quarter-length, wearing a black dress with red rosettes, with a landscape in the distance
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.930 GBP
Price realised: 6.930 GBP
Description
The Property of a Gentleman
Edward Penny, R.A.
Knutsford, Cheshire 1714 - 1791 Chiswick
Portrait of Catherine Whitmore (1722–1800), aged 29, three-quarter-length, wearing a black dress with red rosettes, with a landscape in the distance
signed and dated lower left: Catherine Whitmore, / Sister to Sr. Tho. Whitmore, / 1751. / Edwd. Penner. Pinxt.
oil on canvas
unframed: 126 x 104.8 cm.; 49⅝ x 41 2⁄8 in.
framed: 144.5 x 120.2 cm.; 56⅞ x 47⅜ in.
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 11 December 1964, lot 52, for 120 guineas; | There acquired by the family of the present owner; | Thence by descent.
Edward Penny, R.A.
Knutsford, Cheshire 1714 - 1791 Chiswick
Portrait of Catherine Whitmore (1722–1800), aged 29, three-quarter-length, wearing a black dress with red rosettes, with a landscape in the distance
signed and dated lower left: Catherine Whitmore, / Sister to Sr. Tho. Whitmore, / 1751. / Edwd. Penner. Pinxt.
oil on canvas
unframed: 126 x 104.8 cm.; 49⅝ x 41 2⁄8 in.
framed: 144.5 x 120.2 cm.; 56⅞ x 47⅜ in.
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 11 December 1964, lot 52, for 120 guineas; | There acquired by the family of the present owner; | Thence by descent.
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
The work Portrait of Catherine Whitmore (1722–1800), aged 29, three-quarter-length, wearing a black dress with red rosettes, with a landscape in the distance by Edward Penny was auctioned at Sothebys in London in April last year. It achieved a price of GBP 6,930.00 (€ 8,263.78), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 16%. Other works by Edward Penny have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of GBP 9,000.00 (€ 13,107.56) in March 2005 for the work Portrait of An Officer, Small Full-Length, On A Battlement, Resting His Arm On A Canon.
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Die Arbeit Portrait of Catherine Whitmore (1722–1800), aged 29, three-quarter-length, wearing a black dress with red rosettes, with a landscape in the distance von Edward Penny kam im April letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 6.930,00 (€ 8.263,78) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 16%. Andere Arbeiten von Edward Penny haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von GBP 9.000,00 (€ 13.107,56) im März 2005 für die Arbeit Portrait of An Officer, Small Full-Length, On A Battlement, Resting His Arm On A Canon beobachtet.
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