Gerrit Dou
An Elderly Woman, Seated By A Window At Her Spinning Wheel, Eating Porridge
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Important Old Master Paintings & Sculpture, Lot 151
27. Jan - 27. Jan 2011
Important Old Master Paintings & Sculpture, Lot 151
27. Jan - 27. Jan 2011
Estimate: 2.000.000 - 3.000.000 USD
Price realised: 5.346.500 USD
Price realised: 5.346.500 USD
Description
Gerrit Dou
LEIDEN 1613 - 1675
AN ELDERLY WOMAN, SEATED BY A WINDOW AT HER SPINNING WHEEL, EATING PORRIDGE
signed lower right: GDov
oil on panel
20 1/4 by 16 1/8 in.; 51.5 by 41 cm.
Crawford, Rotterdam; | His sale, London, Christie's, 26 th April 1806, lot 10 (as by Domenicus van Tol), to Richard Payne Knight; | Thomas Andrew Payne Knight, Downton Castle, Ludlow, Shropshire; | Thence by descent to Denis Lennox; | By whom sold, London, Christie's, 4 th May 1979, lot 107, when bought by the present owner.
LEIDEN 1613 - 1675
AN ELDERLY WOMAN, SEATED BY A WINDOW AT HER SPINNING WHEEL, EATING PORRIDGE
signed lower right: GDov
oil on panel
20 1/4 by 16 1/8 in.; 51.5 by 41 cm.
Crawford, Rotterdam; | His sale, London, Christie's, 26 th April 1806, lot 10 (as by Domenicus van Tol), to Richard Payne Knight; | Thomas Andrew Payne Knight, Downton Castle, Ludlow, Shropshire; | Thence by descent to Denis Lennox; | By whom sold, London, Christie's, 4 th May 1979, lot 107, when bought by the present owner.
A top price for Gerrit Dou
This artwork by Gerrit Dou achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in January 2011. In the Important Old Master Paintings & Sculpture auction, the work An Elderly Woman, Seated By A Window At Her Spinning Wheel, Eating Porridge sold for USD 5,346,500.00 (€ 3,898,286.55) - well above the upper estimate of USD 3,000,000.00. This high result makes An Elderly Woman, Seated By A Window At Her Spinning Wheel, Eating Porridge the most expensive artwork by Gerrit Dou that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Gerrit Dou
Dieses Kunstwerk von Gerrit Dou erzielte im Januar 2011 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Important Old Master Paintings & Sculpture wurde die Arbeit An Elderly Woman, Seated By A Window At Her Spinning Wheel, Eating Porridge für USD 5.346.500,00 (€ 3.898.286,55) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 3.000.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht An Elderly Woman, Seated By A Window At Her Spinning Wheel, Eating Porridge zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Gerrit Dou, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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