Frans Van Mieris, The Elder

The Drummer Boy

Found at Christies, London
Old Masters Evening Sale, Lot 27
15. Dec - 15. Dec 2020
Estimate: 800.000 - 1.200.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.762.500 GBP
(Probably) bought by Elector Maximilian II Emanuel of Bavaria (1662-1726) at the beginning of the 18th century for his Gallery in Schloss Schleißheim. | Elector Franz Stefan I of Bavaria (1708-1765), and by descent in the Bavarian Electoral and Royal Collection, and subsequently the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen until 1929, in the following locations: | Picture Gallery of Schloss Schleißheim, mentioned in the inventories of 1748 (the earliest existing inventory, p. 4, recto), and moved b

Upper estimate price exceeded by 47 %.

In December 2020 Christies in London held the auction Old Masters Evening Sale, which included the work The Drummer Boy by Frans van Mieris the Elder. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 1,762,500.00 (€ 1,968,869.58), 47% above the upper estimate. 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).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 47 % übertroffen

Im Dezember 2020 führte Christies in London die Auktion Old Masters Evening Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit The Drummer Boy von Frans van Mieris the Elder zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 1.762.500,00 (€ 1.968.869,58) und damit 47% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. 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.

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