Gerrit Dou

A barber-surgeon examining a girl

Found at Christies, New York
Old Masters, Lot 16
31.Okt - 31.Okt.2017
Estimate: 150.000 - 250.000 USD
Price realised: 420.500 USD
signed 'GDOV' ('GD' linked, lower left, on the parapet)
oil on panel, shaped top
13 5/8 x 9 1/8 in. (34.4 x 23.2 cm.)
Cornelis Wittert (1672-1733), Lord of Valkenburg, Rotterdam; his sale, Arnold Willis, Rotterdam, 11 April 1731, lot 27 (FL 1,130). | Adriaan Bout (1661-1733), The Hague; his sale, Cornelis van Zanten, The Hague, 11 August 1733, lot 50 (FL 535 to van Hoecke?). | with Willem Lormier (1682-1758), The Hague, where acquired for FL 1,000 on 27 June 1748 | Marc-René Voyer, Marquis d’Argenson (1722-1782). | (Possibly) Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 14 May 1791, lot 33, where acquired by | The Ea

Upper estimate price exceeded by 68 %.

The work A barber-surgeon examining a girl by Gerrit Dou was sold in the Old Masters auction at Christies in New York in October 2017. It achieved a price of USD 420,500.00 (€ 361,006.18), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 68%. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Gerrit Dou achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work An Elderly Woman, Seated By A Window At Her Spinning Wheel, Eating Porridge in January 2011 with an auction result of USD 5,346,500.00 (€ 3,898,286.55).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 68 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit A barber-surgeon examining a girl von Gerrit Dou wurde im Oktober 2017 in der Auktion Old Masters bei Christies in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 420.500,00 (€ 361.006,18) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 68%. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Gerrit Dou erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit An Elderly Woman, Seated By A Window At Her Spinning Wheel, Eating Porridge im Januar 2011 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 5.346.500,00 (€ 3.898.286,55).

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