Gerrit Dou

A young lady playing a clavichord

Found at Christies, New York
Old Master Paintings Part I, Lot 49
25. Jan - 25. Jan 2012
Estimate: 1.000.000 - 2.000.000 USD
Price realised: 3.330.500 USD
Gerrit Dou (Leiden 1613-1675)
A young lady playing a clavichord
with signature 'GDov' (lower right)
oil on panel
15¼ x 12½ in. (39 x 32 cm.)

Upper estimate price exceeded by 67 %.

The work A young lady playing a clavichord by Gerrit Dou was auctioned at Christies in New York in January 2012. It achieved a price of USD 3,330,500.00 (€ 2,551,520.72), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 67%. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Gerrit Dou; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot An Elderly Woman, Seated By A Window At Her Spinning Wheel, Eating Porridge sold at auction in January 2011 with the realized price of USD 5,346,500.00 (€ 3,898,286.55).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 67 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit A young lady playing a clavichord von Gerrit Dou kam im Januar 2012 bei Christies in New York zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 3.330.500,00 (€ 2.551.520,72) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 67%. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Gerrit Dou; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit An Elderly Woman, Seated By A Window At Her Spinning Wheel, Eating Porridge im Januar 2011 mit dem Hammerpreis von USD 5.346.500,00 (€ 3.898.286,55).

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