Frans Van Mieris, The Elder

The Music Lesson

Found at Christies, London
Old Masters Evening Sale, Lot 7
8. Jul - 8. Jul 2021
Estimate: 700.000 - 1.000.000 GBP
Price realised: 3.502.500 GBP
Frans Van Mieris, The Elder (Leiden 1631-1685)
The Music Lesson
oil on panel
12 x 9 ½ in. (30.5 x 24.2 cm.), with additions making the panel up from an arched top of 7/8 in. (2.3 cm.) to the vertical edges and 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) to the upper edge
- G.C. Blanken, The Hague; (†), Frans Bosboom, The Hague, 4 June 1800, lot 125 (33 florins to Spruyt). | Bicker & Wijkersloot; Phillippus van der Schley, et al., Amsterdam, 19 July 1809, lot 35 (1,625 florins to T. Spaan on behalf of the following), | Pieter de Smeth van Alphen (1753-1809), Amsterdam; his sale (†), Philippus van der Schley, Amsterdam, 1 August 1810 (=1st day), lot 62 (1,320 florins to Jeronimo de Vries on behalf of the follo

A top price for Frans van Mieris the Elder

When the work The Music Lesson by Frans van Mieris the Elder was auctioned at Christies in London in July 2021, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 1,000,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 3,502,500.00 (€ 4,107,407.49). This high result makes The Music Lesson the most expensive artwork by Frans van Mieris the Elder that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Frans van Mieris the Elder

Als die Arbeit The Music Lesson von Frans van Mieris the Elder im Juli 2021 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 1.000.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 3.502.500,00 (€ 4.107.407,49) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Music Lesson zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Frans van Mieris the Elder, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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