Frans Van Mieris I

The Unwelcome News

Found at Christies, New York
Old Master and British Drawings, Lot 57
29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 USD
Price realised: 173.000 USD
signed and dated 'F. van Mieris/Anno. 1660' (upper left)
black chalk, grey wash on vellum
8 7/8 x 7¼ in. (22.6 x 18.3 cm.)
Unknown collection, Breestraat, Leiden, 1688; | where purchased by art dealer Jan Pietersz. Zomer; sold to | Sybrand I Feitama, Amsterdam 1688-1701 (for 25 guilders and 40 cents); | Isaac Feitama, Amsterdam, 1701; sold circa 1704 to | Siwert van der Schelling, Amsterdam; sold to | Willem Six, Amsterdam; sold to | Jeronimus Tonneman, Amsterdam (70 guilders); sold to | Sybrand II Feitama, Amsterdam, 1714 (75 guilders); Amsterdam, 16 October 1758, album A, no. 1 (210 guilders to | Pieter Yver) | Jo

Auction result misses estimated price range

This work of art by Frans van Mieris the Elder could be acquired at Christies in New York in January 2015 for an unexpectedly low price. In the Old Master and British Drawings auction, the work The Unwelcome News changed hands for USD 173,000.00 (€ 153,232.95) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of USD 200,000.00 – 300,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Frans van Mieris the Elder achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Music Lesson in July 2021 with an auction result of GBP 3,502,500.00 (€ 4,107,407.49).

Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne

Dieses Kunstwerk von Frans van Mieris the Elder konnte im Januar 2015 bei Christies in New York für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion Old Master and British Drawings wechselte die Arbeit The Unwelcome News für USD 173.000,00 (€ 153.232,95) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 200.000,00 – 300.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Frans van Mieris the Elder erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Music Lesson im Juli 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 3.502.500,00 (€ 4.107.407,49).

Other artists in this auction

Johann Heinrich Füssli, R.A. - Studies Of The Dioscuri (Recto And Verso)
Johann Heinrich Füssli, R.A.
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: Studies Of The Dioscuri (Recto And Verso)
Price: 10.000 USD
Found at Christies
66 auction results
Giuseppe Cesari, Il Cavalier D\'Arpino - King David Accompanied By Three Of His Followers
Giuseppe Cesari, Il Cavalier D'Arpino
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: King David Accompanied By Three Of His Followers
Price: 173.000 USD
Found at Christies
54 auction results
Jacques-Louis David - The Death Of Socrates
Jacques-Louis David
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: The Death Of Socrates
Price: 593.000 USD
Found at Christies
43 auction results
Louis-Léopold Boilly - Portrait Of A Young Man, Bust-Length
Louis-Léopold Boilly
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: Portrait Of A Young Man, Bust-Length
Price: 7.500 USD
Found at Christies
128 auction results
Jean-Jacques Lagrenée - A Grouping Of Trophies
Jean-Jacques Lagrenée
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: A Grouping Of Trophies
Price: 9.375 USD
Found at Christies
22 auction results
Victor-Jean Nicolle - A Woman And Two Children In Front Of A Fountain, And Figures, Including A Monk, By A Shrine
Victor-Jean Nicolle
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: A Woman And Two Children In Front Of A Fountain, And Figures, Including A Monk, By A Shrine
Price: 6.000 USD
Found at Christies
86 auction results
Jean Pillement - Washerwomen And Fishermen At A Stream, A Village Beyond
Jean Pillement
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: Washerwomen And Fishermen At A Stream, A Village Beyond
Price: 10.000 USD
Found at Christies
104 auction results
François Boucher - A Boy Upsetting A Little Girl
François Boucher
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: A Boy Upsetting A Little Girl
Price: 32.500 USD
Found at Christies
286 auction results
Charles Parrocel - La Croupe Au Pillier À Droite Et À Gauche Au Pas; And Terre À Terre À Droite Et À Gauche De La Longeur
Charles Parrocel
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: La Croupe Au Pillier À Droite Et À Gauche Au Pas; And Terre À Terre À Droite Et À Gauche De La Longeur
Price: 5.625 USD
Found at Christies
25 auction results
Antoine Coypel - An Angel In The Clouds
Antoine Coypel
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: An Angel In The Clouds
Price: 8.125 USD
Found at Christies
25 auction results
Antoine-Pierre Patel - The Edge Of A Forest, With A Port In The Distance; Landscape With A River Traversed By A Wooden Bridge; A Landscape With A Tomb; And Classical Figures In A Forest
Antoine-Pierre Patel
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: The Edge Of A Forest, With A Port In The Distance; Landscape With A River Traversed By A Wooden Bridge; A Landscape With A Tomb; And Classical Figures In A Forest
Price: 16.250 USD
Found at Christies
18 auction results
Adriaen Van Der Cabel - Travelers In A Storm In A Wooded River Landscape
Adriaen Van Der Cabel
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: Travelers In A Storm In A Wooded River Landscape
Price: 1.250 USD
Found at Christies
10 auction results
Ludolf Backhuysen - Dutch Shipping, A Yacht And A Fishing Boat In A Light Breeze
Ludolf Backhuysen
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: Dutch Shipping, A Yacht And A Fishing Boat In A Light Breeze
Price: 7.500 USD
Found at Christies
47 auction results
Raymond Lafage - The Entombment
Raymond Lafage
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: The Entombment
Price: 2.750 USD
Found at Christies
13 auction results
Johan Wilhelm Baur - Equestrian Battle Scenes
Johan Wilhelm Baur
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: Equestrian Battle Scenes
Price: 3.750 USD
Found at Christies
13 auction results
Anthonie Waterloo - A Footbridge Over A Stream, With A Pollard Willow
Anthonie Waterloo
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: A Footbridge Over A Stream, With A Pollard Willow
Price: 27.500 USD
Found at Christies
57 auction results
Jan Josefsz. Van Goyen - Fishermen In A Rowing Boat, A Shack Tottering On The Bank
Jan Josefsz. Van Goyen
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: Fishermen In A Rowing Boat, A Shack Tottering On The Bank
Price: 6.250 USD
Found at Christies
360 auction results
Pieter Molijn - Two Men On A Path, One Leaning On A Staff, The Other Seated
Pieter Molijn
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: Two Men On A Path, One Leaning On A Staff, The Other Seated
Price: 5.625 USD
Found at Christies
55 auction results
Sir Peter Paul Rubens - Two Nude Men Dragged Down By Demons And Lifted Up By Three Partly Robed Figures, After Michelangelo
Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: Two Nude Men Dragged Down By Demons And Lifted Up By Three Partly Robed Figures, After Michelangelo
Price: 1.925.000 USD
Found at Christies
20 auction results
Jan Van Den Bergh - A Standing Man In Oriental Costume
Jan Van Den Bergh
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: A Standing Man In Oriental Costume
Price: 5.625 USD
Found at Christies
3 auction results
Niccolo Martinelli, Il Trometta - The Birth Of The Virgin
Niccolo Martinelli, Il Trometta
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: The Birth Of The Virgin
Price: 22.500 USD
Found at Christies
5 auction results
Willem Van De Velde I - The Dutch Fleet At Sea
Willem Van De Velde I
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: The Dutch Fleet At Sea
Price: 17.500 USD
Found at Christies
51 auction results
Nicolaes Maes - The Angel With The Family Of Tobit
Nicolaes Maes
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: The Angel With The Family Of Tobit
Price: 20.000 USD
Found at Christies
101 auction results
Ferdinand Bol - The Departure Of The Young Tobias
Ferdinand Bol
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: The Departure Of The Young Tobias
Price: 93.750 USD
Found at Christies
43 auction results
Cornelis Dusart - Merrymaking Around A Fire In A Tavern
Cornelis Dusart
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: Merrymaking Around A Fire In A Tavern
Price: 8.125 USD
Found at Christies
71 auction results
Herman Saftleven - Boats Moored By A Riverbank With A Family On The Shore
Herman Saftleven
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: Boats Moored By A Riverbank With A Family On The Shore
Price: 5.000 USD
Found at Christies
99 auction results
Giorgio Vasari - The Resurrection With Saints Andrew, John The Baptist, Cosmas And Damian
Giorgio Vasari
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: The Resurrection With Saints Andrew, John The Baptist, Cosmas And Damian
Price: 56.250 USD
Found at Christies
21 auction results
Pieter Jansz. Quast - Two Figure Drawings From A Sketchbook: A Vagabond Carrying A Parcel On His Back, And A Musician Playing A String Instrument
Pieter Jansz. Quast
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: Two Figure Drawings From A Sketchbook: A Vagabond Carrying A Parcel On His Back, And A Musician Playing A String Instrument
Price: 5.000 USD
Found at Christies
32 auction results
Jacques De Gheyn II - A Warrior Holding A Lance Seated On A Drum
Jacques De Gheyn II
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: A Warrior Holding A Lance Seated On A Drum
Price: 25.000 USD
Found at Christies
30 auction results
Maarten Van Heemskerck - The Triumph Of Tobias
Maarten Van Heemskerck
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: The Triumph Of Tobias
Price: 905.000 USD
Found at Christies
17 auction results
Giuseppe Bernardino Bison - A Woman And A Dog In Front Of An Archway
Giuseppe Bernardino Bison
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: A Woman And A Dog In Front Of An Archway
Price: 3.500 USD
Found at Christies
134 auction results
Andrea Locatelli - A Classical Landscape With Two Figures In The Foreground
Andrea Locatelli
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: A Classical Landscape With Two Figures In The Foreground
Price: 3.750 USD
Found at Christies
45 auction results
Felice Giani - A Classical Landscape With Figures
Felice Giani
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: A Classical Landscape With Figures
Price: 18.750 USD
Found at Christies
43 auction results
Polidoro Caldara - The Madonna Seated, Holding The Child
Polidoro Caldara
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: The Madonna Seated, Holding The Child
Price: 197.000 USD
Found at Christies
14 auction results
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - Saint Anthony And The Christ Child With A Putto And Cherubs In The Sky
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: Saint Anthony And The Christ Child With A Putto And Cherubs In The Sky
Price: 11.250 USD
Found at Christies
330 auction results
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - A Figure Seen Di Sotto In Su, His Arms Raised Above His Head
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: A Figure Seen Di Sotto In Su, His Arms Raised Above His Head
Price: 11.250 USD
Found at Christies
294 auction results
Francesco Guardi - A Bridge Over A Mountainous Landscape (Recto); View Of The Piazza San Marco Towards San Geminiano (Verso)
Francesco Guardi
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: A Bridge Over A Mountainous Landscape (Recto); View Of The Piazza San Marco Towards San Geminiano (Verso)
Price: 43.750 USD
Found at Christies
197 auction results
Mauro Gandolfi - Nine Studies Of Heads
Mauro Gandolfi
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: Nine Studies Of Heads
Price: 7.500 USD
Found at Christies
26 auction results
Donato Creti - Saint Jerome
Donato Creti
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: Saint Jerome
Price: 10.000 USD
Found at Christies
57 auction results
Federico Zuccaro - Taddeo Returns To Rome Escorted By Drawing And Spirit Towards The Three Graces
Federico Zuccaro
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: Taddeo Returns To Rome Escorted By Drawing And Spirit Towards The Three Graces
Price: 43.750 USD
Found at Christies
40 auction results
Ventura Salimbeni - A Saint Giving Alms To The Poor: Design For A Lunette
Ventura Salimbeni
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: A Saint Giving Alms To The Poor: Design For A Lunette
Price: 6.250 USD
Found at Christies
13 auction results
Girolamo Da Carpi - Studies Of Grotesques (Recto); Studies Of Two Winged Horses (Verso)
Girolamo Da Carpi
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: Studies Of Grotesques (Recto); Studies Of Two Winged Horses (Verso)
Price: 10.000 USD
Found at Christies
11 auction results
Andrea Boscoli - The Triumphal Procession Of Bacchus
Andrea Boscoli
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: The Triumphal Procession Of Bacchus
Price: 37.500 USD
Found at Christies
18 auction results
Aureliano Milani - The Abduction Of Helen
Aureliano Milani
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: The Abduction Of Helen
Price: 37.500 USD
Found at Christies
12 auction results
Pier Francesco Mola - Ermina Writing The Name Of Tancred On A Tree
Pier Francesco Mola
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: Ermina Writing The Name Of Tancred On A Tree
Price: 81.250 USD
Found at Christies
65 auction results
Pierre Puvis De Chavannes - A Standing Female Nude
Pierre Puvis De Chavannes
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: A Standing Female Nude
Price: 2.250 USD
Found at Christies
45 auction results
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - View Of Narni
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: View Of Narni
Price: 11.250 USD
Found at Christies
515 auction results
Rudolf Von Alt - A Flower And Vegetable Market
Rudolf Von Alt
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: A Flower And Vegetable Market
Price: 30.000 USD
Found at Christies
56 auction results
Karl Joseph Aloys Agricola - The Artist\'S Family
Karl Joseph Aloys Agricola
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: The Artist'S Family
Price: 25.000 USD
Found at Christies
4 auction results
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres - Portrait Of The Architect François-Désiré Girard De Bury
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: Portrait Of The Architect François-Désiré Girard De Bury
Price: 112.500 USD
Found at Christies
117 auction results
Giovanni Giordano Lanza - The Parthenon, Athens, With Men In The Foreground Dressed In Oriental Costumes; And The Temple Of Olympian Zeus With The Acropolis In The Background, Athens
Giovanni Giordano Lanza
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: The Parthenon, Athens, With Men In The Foreground Dressed In Oriental Costumes; And The Temple Of Olympian Zeus With The Acropolis In The Background, Athens
Price: 10.000 USD
Found at Christies
11 auction results
Gregorio Pagani - The Martyrdom Of Saint Peter
Gregorio Pagani
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: The Martyrdom Of Saint Peter
Price: 6.000 USD
Found at Christies
3 auction results
Xavier Della Gatta - View Of Naples From The Strada Di Posilippo, With Mount Vesuvius In The Distance; And View Of Naples From Marinella
Xavier Della Gatta
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: View Of Naples From The Strada Di Posilippo, With Mount Vesuvius In The Distance; And View Of Naples From Marinella
Price: 75.000 USD
Found at Christies
29 auction results
Simone Pomardi - View Of Lake Averno, With The Ruins Of The Temple Of Apollo And The Campi Phlegrei In The Distance
Simone Pomardi
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: View Of Lake Averno, With The Ruins Of The Temple Of Apollo And The Campi Phlegrei In The Distance
Price: 7.500 USD
Found at Christies
4 auction results
Edward Lear - View Of Sorrento
Edward Lear
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: View Of Sorrento
Price: 6.250 USD
Found at Christies
507 auction results
Bartolommeo Pinelli - The Pasta Vendor
Bartolommeo Pinelli
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: The Pasta Vendor
Price: 8.750 USD
Found at Christies
47 auction results
Sir Max Beerbohm - Rossetti\'S Courtship
Sir Max Beerbohm
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: Rossetti'S Courtship
Price: 13.750 USD
Found at Christies
59 auction results
Dante Gabriel Rossetti - A Standing Male Nude With Arms Raised, With A Subsidiary Study Of A Male Torso (Recto); And Figure Studies (Verso)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: A Standing Male Nude With Arms Raised, With A Subsidiary Study Of A Male Torso (Recto); And Figure Studies (Verso)
Price: 4.750 USD
Found at Christies
114 auction results
Jacopo Negretti - David Playing The Harp For Saul
Jacopo Negretti
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: David Playing The Harp For Saul
Price: 6.000 USD
Found at Christies
83 auction results
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A. - The River Ure At Hackfall, Near Ripon, Yorkshire
Joseph Mallord William Turner, R.A.
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: The River Ure At Hackfall, Near Ripon, Yorkshire
Price: 75.000 USD
Found at Christies
227 auction results
Thomas Rowlandson - The Oyster Stall
Thomas Rowlandson
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: The Oyster Stall
Price: 1.375 USD
Found at Christies
430 auction results
George Romney - Study For \'The Destruction Of Niobe\'S Children\'
George Romney
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: Study For 'The Destruction Of Niobe'S Children'
Price: 3.750 USD
Found at Christies
256 auction results
Annibale Carracci - The Madonna Suckling The Infant Christ
Annibale Carracci
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: The Madonna Suckling The Infant Christ
Price: 13.750 USD
Found at Christies
39 auction results
Lazzaro Tavarone - Christopher Columbus Leaving Genoa
Lazzaro Tavarone
Auction: 29. Jan - 29. Jan 2015
Title: Christopher Columbus Leaving Genoa
Price: 7.500 USD
Found at Christies
18 auction results