Enoch Seeman
Portrait Of Three Ladies Of The Bisset Family
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 GBP
Price realised: 45.650 GBP
Price realised: 45.650 GBP
Description
Enoch Seeman
GDANSK C.1694-1745
PORTRAIT OF THREE LADIES OF THE BISSET FAMILY
full-length, standing, attended by their Blackamoor servant, with a parrot, a monkey and a dog, in a lavish interior
oil on canvas, held in a British Rococo style carved and gilded frame
237 by 201 cm., 93 1/4 by 79 in.
Probably commissioned by General Bissett (1660-1742) on the occasion of the marriage of his ward Marjorie Winram to Sir James Innes 5th Bt of Balvanie; | by descent to their daughter, Catherine, who married James Lord Forbes; | by descent to his sister, Sophia; | by descent to her grandaughter Margaret, Mrs Alexander Russel of Aden; | by descent until sold; | Anonymous sale, Bonham's London, 4th December 1997, lot 16
GDANSK C.1694-1745
PORTRAIT OF THREE LADIES OF THE BISSET FAMILY
full-length, standing, attended by their Blackamoor servant, with a parrot, a monkey and a dog, in a lavish interior
oil on canvas, held in a British Rococo style carved and gilded frame
237 by 201 cm., 93 1/4 by 79 in.
Probably commissioned by General Bissett (1660-1742) on the occasion of the marriage of his ward Marjorie Winram to Sir James Innes 5th Bt of Balvanie; | by descent to their daughter, Catherine, who married James Lord Forbes; | by descent to his sister, Sophia; | by descent to her grandaughter Margaret, Mrs Alexander Russel of Aden; | by descent until sold; | Anonymous sale, Bonham's London, 4th December 1997, lot 16
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Portrait Of Three Ladies Of The Bisset Family by Enoch Seeman was sold in the Early British & Irish Paintings auction at Sothebys in London in December 2008. The price achieved of GBP 45,650.00 (€ 47,945.78) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 40,000.00 – 60,000.00. Other works by Enoch Seeman have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in December 2015 the work Portrait Of A Gentleman In Moroccan Dress, Probably John Montagu, 2Nd Duke Of Montagu (1690-1749) was auctioned for GBP 43,750.00 (€ 59,410.40).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Portrait Of Three Ladies Of The Bisset Family von Enoch Seeman wurde im Dezember 2008 in der Auktion Early British & Irish Paintings bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 45.650,00 (€ 47.945,78) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 40.000,00 – 60.000,00 angegeben worden. Andere Arbeiten von Enoch Seeman konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Dezember 2015 die Arbeit Portrait Of A Gentleman In Moroccan Dress, Probably John Montagu, 2Nd Duke Of Montagu (1690-1749) für GBP 43.750,00 (€ 59.410,40) versteigert.
Enoch Seeman - Auction history
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