Gerrit Dou
Young man drawing by candlelight
Estimate: 150.000 - 250.000 USD
Price realised: 746.000 USD
Price realised: 746.000 USD
Description
Gerrit Dou
Leiden 1613 - 1675
Young man drawing by candlelight
oil on panel, in an incised oval within a painted oval
panel: 5 7/8 by 4 3/4 in.; 14.9 by 12.1 cm.
framed: 11 by 9 7/8 in.; 27.9 by 25.1 cm.
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格里・都
1613 - 1675年，萊頓 《在燭光裡畫素描的年輕男子》
Possibly Ewout van Dishoek (1678-1744), Middelburg; | His posthumous sale, The Hague, 9 June 1745, lot 34.
Leiden 1613 - 1675
Young man drawing by candlelight
oil on panel, in an incised oval within a painted oval
panel: 5 7/8 by 4 3/4 in.; 14.9 by 12.1 cm.
framed: 11 by 9 7/8 in.; 27.9 by 25.1 cm.
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格里・都
1613 - 1675年，萊頓 《在燭光裡畫素描的年輕男子》
Possibly Ewout van Dishoek (1678-1744), Middelburg; | His posthumous sale, The Hague, 9 June 1745, lot 34.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Gerrit Dou achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in January last year. In the Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I auction, the work Young man drawing by candlelight sold for USD 746,000.00 (€ 665,358.54) - well above the upper estimate of USD 250,000.00. Admittedly, works by Gerrit Dou have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved 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 mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Gerrit Dou erzielte im Januar letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I wurde die Arbeit Young man drawing by candlelight für USD 746.000,00 (€ 665.358,54) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 250.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Gerrit Dou auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen 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).
Gerrit Dou - Auction history
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