Frans Pourbus The Elder
Portrait Of A Gentleman
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Old Masters including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection, Lot 123
7. May - 7. May 2020
Old Masters including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection, Lot 123
7. May - 7. May 2020
Estimate: 600 - 800 GBP
Price realised: 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 30.000 GBP
Description
FRANS POURBUS THE ELDER
Bruges 1545/6 - 1581 Antwerp
PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN
Oil on card, mounted on wood, gilt-metal mount;
signed with the artist's initials and dated upper right: 1566 / FP, inscribed centre left: 28
5 cm. Diam., 2 in. Diam.
Please note, Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.
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Sale, London, Sotheby's, 18 December 1986, lot 17
Bruges 1545/6 - 1581 Antwerp
PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN
Oil on card, mounted on wood, gilt-metal mount;
signed with the artist's initials and dated upper right: 1566 / FP, inscribed centre left: 28
5 cm. Diam., 2 in. Diam.
Please note, Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.
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Sale, London, Sotheby's, 18 December 1986, lot 17
Artwork auctioned at 37 times the upper estimate price
When the work Portrait Of A Gentleman by Frans Pourbus the Elder was auctioned at Sothebys in London in May 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 800.00 but the actual price achieved was more than 37 times as high at GBP 30,000.00 (€ 33,303.30). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Frans Pourbus the Elder achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Portrait of a young woman, aged 17, holding a small spaniel wearing a collar of bells in January 2021 with an auction result of USD 478,800.00 (€ 394,561.19).
Kunstwerk zum 37-fachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Portrait Of A Gentleman von Frans Pourbus the Elder im Mai 2020 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 800,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 30.000,00 (€ 33.303,30) mehr als 37-mal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Frans Pourbus the Elder erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Portrait of a young woman, aged 17, holding a small spaniel wearing a collar of bells im Januar 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 478.800,00 (€ 394.561,19).
Frans Pourbus the Elder - Auction history
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