Frans Ykens

The Virgin and Child surrounded by a cartouche of flowers and fruit

Found at Christies, London
Old Master Pictures, Lot 53
20. APR - 20. APR 2005
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 GBP
Price realised: 13.200 GBP
Frans Ykens (Antwerp 1601-before 1693)
The Virgin and Child surrounded by a cartouche of flowers and fruit
oil on copper
27½ x 23¼ in. (69.8 x 59 cm.)

Upper estimate price exceeded by 89 %.

This artwork by Frans Ykens achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in April 2005. In the Old Master Pictures auction, the work The Virgin and Child surrounded by a cartouche of flowers and fruit sold for GBP 13,200.00 (€ 19,537.92) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 7,000.00. Admittedly, works by Frans Ykens have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Grapes on the vine, whitecurrants, blackberries, cherries and a walnut in a porcelain bowl with peaches, grapes and a walnut on a wooden table ledge with a large white butterfly in December 2002 with an auction result of GBP 77,675.00 (€ 119,235.01).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 89 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Frans Ykens erzielte im April 2005 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master Pictures wurde die Arbeit The Virgin and Child surrounded by a cartouche of flowers and fruit für GBP 13.200,00 (€ 19.537,92) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 7.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Frans Ykens auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Grapes on the vine, whitecurrants, blackberries, cherries and a walnut in a porcelain bowl with peaches, grapes and a walnut on a wooden table ledge with a large white butterfly im Dezember 2002 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 77.675,00 (€ 119.235,01).

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