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- Frans van Mieris the Elder
- An Interior With A Soldier Smoking A Pipe
Frans van Mieris the Elder
An Interior With A Soldier Smoking A Pipe
Estimate: 200.000 - 300.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.329.250 GBP
Price realised: 1.329.250 GBP
Description
Frans van Mieris the Elder
LEIDEN 1635 - 1681
AN INTERIOR WITH A SOLDIER SMOKING A PIPE
signed on the side of the chair: FvMieris
oil on oak panel, in the original Dresden Gallery carved and gilt wood frame bearing the cypher of August the Strong
32.4 by 25.4 cm.; 12 3/4 by 10 in.
In the possession of August the Strong, Elector of Saxony, by 1753, and in the Guarienti inventory by that date, no. 1553; | By descent to the Kings of Saxony; | Königlich Sächsische Galerie, later Gemäldegalerie Dresden, inv. no. 474, hanging in Room 16 of the right wing, first floor of the Zwinger in 1901, no. 1746; | Exchanged with Galerie Van Diemen, Berlin, 1927, in combination with other paintings for Giambattista Tiepolo's Triumph of Am
LEIDEN 1635 - 1681
AN INTERIOR WITH A SOLDIER SMOKING A PIPE
signed on the side of the chair: FvMieris
oil on oak panel, in the original Dresden Gallery carved and gilt wood frame bearing the cypher of August the Strong
32.4 by 25.4 cm.; 12 3/4 by 10 in.
In the possession of August the Strong, Elector of Saxony, by 1753, and in the Guarienti inventory by that date, no. 1553; | By descent to the Kings of Saxony; | Königlich Sächsische Galerie, later Gemäldegalerie Dresden, inv. no. 474, hanging in Room 16 of the right wing, first floor of the Zwinger in 1901, no. 1746; | Exchanged with Galerie Van Diemen, Berlin, 1927, in combination with other paintings for Giambattista Tiepolo's Triumph of Am
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
The work An Interior With A Soldier Smoking A Pipe by Frans van Mieris the Elder was worth GBP 1,329,250.00 (€ 1,688,827.09) to a buyer in July 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 300,000.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Frans van Mieris the Elder - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Music Lesson, which sold at auction in July 2021 for GBP 3,502,500.00 (€ 4,107,407.49).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit An Interior With A Soldier Smoking A Pipe von Frans van Mieris the Elder war einem Käufer im Juli 2008 GBP 1.329.250,00 (€ 1.688.827,09) 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 300.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von Frans van Mieris the Elder mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Music Lesson beobachtet, die im Juli 2021 für GBP 3.502.500,00 (€ 4.107.407,49) versteigert wurde.