François Dumont
Portrait of the Marquis de Chastellier-Dumesnil (1752-1790), circa 1785
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Old Master and British Works on Paper, including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection, Lot 138
4. Dec - 4. Dec 2020
Old Master and British Works on Paper, including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection, Lot 138
4. Dec - 4. Dec 2020
Estimate: 1.200 - 1.800 GBP
Price realised: 4.410 GBP
Price realised: 4.410 GBP
Description
Property from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
François Dumont
Lunéville 1751 - 1831 Paris
Portrait of the Marquis de Chastellier-Dumesnil (1752-1790), circa 1785
Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, set in the lid of a gold mounted tortoiseshell bonbonnière;
signed centre right: Dumont. f.
The miniature: 45 by 37 mm.; the box: 32 mm. (height) 64 mm. (width)
Edouard Warneck, Paris; | sale, Leo Schidlof's Auction House, 19 November 1924, lot 52; | The Wiener Collection; | sale, Munich, Hugo Helbing, 1-2 December 1932, lot 291; | sale, Berlin, Lempertz, 24 November 1976, lot 253; | Hans Erick Fischer-Curti, Switzerland; | sale, Zurich, Galerie Koller, 17 November 1987, lot 1765; | sale, London, Christie's, 14 November 1989, lot 217; | where acquired by Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
François Dumont
Lunéville 1751 - 1831 Paris
Portrait of the Marquis de Chastellier-Dumesnil (1752-1790), circa 1785
Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, set in the lid of a gold mounted tortoiseshell bonbonnière;
signed centre right: Dumont. f.
The miniature: 45 by 37 mm.; the box: 32 mm. (height) 64 mm. (width)
Edouard Warneck, Paris; | sale, Leo Schidlof's Auction House, 19 November 1924, lot 52; | The Wiener Collection; | sale, Munich, Hugo Helbing, 1-2 December 1932, lot 291; | sale, Berlin, Lempertz, 24 November 1976, lot 253; | Hans Erick Fischer-Curti, Switzerland; | sale, Zurich, Galerie Koller, 17 November 1987, lot 1765; | sale, London, Christie's, 14 November 1989, lot 217; | where acquired by Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by François Dumont achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in December 2020. In the Old Master and British Works on Paper, including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection auction, the work Portrait of the Marquis de Chastellier-Dumesnil (1752-1790), circa 1785 sold for GBP 4,410.00 (€ 4,926.36) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 1,800.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by François Dumont achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Queen Marie-Antoinette (1755-1793), facing right in gold-bordered white satin dress with gold-bordered blue sash, white-bordered pale blue muslin scarf tied in her long curled powdered hair in November 2001 with an auction result of GBP 69,750.00 (€ 110,994.22).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von François Dumont erzielte im Dezember 2020 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master and British Works on Paper, including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection wurde die Arbeit Portrait of the Marquis de Chastellier-Dumesnil (1752-1790), circa 1785 für GBP 4.410,00 (€ 4.926,36) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.800,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von François Dumont erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Queen Marie-Antoinette (1755-1793), facing right in gold-bordered white satin dress with gold-bordered blue sash, white-bordered pale blue muslin scarf tied in her long curled powdered hair im November 2001 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 69.750,00 (€ 110.994,22).
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