François Desportes
A Dog Pointing At A Pheasant Hen In A River Landscape; Mite Pointing At A Pheasant And A Partridge, In A Wooded Landscape With A Thistle
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 EUR
Price realised: 175.000 EUR
Price realised: 175.000 EUR
Description
François Desportes
CHAMPIGNEULLE 1661 - 1743 PARIS
A DOG POINTING AT A PHEASANT HEN IN A RIVER LANDSCAPE; MITE POINTING AT A PHEASANT AND A PARTRIDGE, IN A WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH A THISTLE
Quantity: 2
The former signed and dated lower right: Desportes 1719, the latter bears a signature and a date lower right: Desportes 1730
A pair, both oil on canvas, unframed, with shaped top (the original shaped canvasses have been enlarged at a later stage)
Each: 196,6 x 137 cm; 77 1/2 by 54 in. (the original format would have been circa 138 x 137 cm ; 54 1/3 by 54 in.)
Probably bought by the grandfather of the actual owner at Drouot circa 1948.
CHAMPIGNEULLE 1661 - 1743 PARIS
A DOG POINTING AT A PHEASANT HEN IN A RIVER LANDSCAPE; MITE POINTING AT A PHEASANT AND A PARTRIDGE, IN A WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH A THISTLE
Quantity: 2
The former signed and dated lower right: Desportes 1719, the latter bears a signature and a date lower right: Desportes 1730
A pair, both oil on canvas, unframed, with shaped top (the original shaped canvasses have been enlarged at a later stage)
Each: 196,6 x 137 cm; 77 1/2 by 54 in. (the original format would have been circa 138 x 137 cm ; 54 1/3 by 54 in.)
Probably bought by the grandfather of the actual owner at Drouot circa 1948.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Alexandre-François Desportes achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in Paris in November 2019. In the Paintings Drawings Sculptures 1300-1900 auction, the work A Dog Pointing At A Pheasant Hen In A River Landscape; Mite Pointing At A Pheasant And A Partridge, In A Wooded Landscape With A Thistle sold for EUR 175,000.00 - well above the upper estimate of EUR 80,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Alexandre-François Desportes; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Chien Devant Un Trophée De Chasse sold at auction in March 2015 with the realized price of EUR 339,000.00.
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Alexandre-François Desportes erzielte im November 2019 bei Sothebys in Paris einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Paintings Drawings Sculptures 1300-1900 wurde die Arbeit A Dog Pointing At A Pheasant Hen In A River Landscape; Mite Pointing At A Pheasant And A Partridge, In A Wooded Landscape With A Thistle für EUR 175.000,00 versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von EUR 80.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Alexandre-François Desportes; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Chien Devant Un Trophée De Chasse im März 2015 mit dem Hammerpreis von EUR 339.000,00.
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