Frans van Mieris the Elder

A Young Woman In A Red Jacket Feeding A Parrot

Found at Sothebys, London
Old Master Paintings Evening Sale, Lot 25
3. Dec - 3. Dec 2008
Estimate: 500.000 - 700.000 GBP
Price realised: 3.625.250 GBP
Frans van Mieris the Elder
LEIDEN 1635 - 1681
A YOUNG WOMAN IN A RED JACKET FEEDING A PARROT
formerly signed and dated: F van Mieris fect Anno 1663 (see fig. 1)
oil on oak panel
22.3 by 17.5 cm.; 8 3/4 by 6 7/8 in.
The collection of the Bavarian Electors, probably bought by Elector Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria (1662-1726) at the beginning of the 18<sup>th</sup> century for his Gallery in Schloss Schleißheim, and certainly in the possession of his successor by 1748; | Thence by descent in the Bavarian Electoral and Royal Collection, and subsequently the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen until 1936, in the following locations: | Picture Gallery of Schl

Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price

The work A Young Woman In A Red Jacket Feeding A Parrot by Frans van Mieris the Elder was worth GBP 3,625,250.00 (€ 3,807,567.34) to a buyer in December 2008. This price was achieved in the auction Old Master Paintings Evening Sale at Sothebys in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 700,000.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Frans van Mieris the Elder; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot The Music Lesson sold at auction in July 2021 with the realized price of GBP 3,502,500.00 (€ 4,107,407.49).

Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Die Arbeit A Young Woman In A Red Jacket Feeding A Parrot von Frans van Mieris the Elder war einem Käufer im Dezember 2008 GBP 3.625.250,00 (€ 3.807.567,34) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Old Master Paintings Evening Sale bei Sothebys in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 700.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Frans van Mieris the Elder; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit The Music Lesson im Juli 2021 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 3.502.500,00 (€ 4.107.407,49).

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