Gerrit Van Honthorst
Allegory of love
Found at
Christies,
London
Important Old Master Paintings from The Eric Albada Jelgersma Collection: Evening sale, Lot 5
06.Dez - 06.Dez.2018
Important Old Master Paintings from The Eric Albada Jelgersma Collection: Evening sale, Lot 5
06.Dez - 06.Dez.2018
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
oil on canvas
50 7/8 x 44 1/8 in. (129.3 x 114 cm.)
Private collection, Hamburg, since at least 1966. | Anonymous sale; Kunsthaus am Museum-Carola von Ham, Cologne, 20-23 March 1991, lot 1070, as ‘Utrecht Caravaggist 17th C’ (630,000DM). | with Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich, 1992-1996. | with Noortman, Maastricht. | Private collection, Switzerland. | with Galerie Neuse, Bremen, 21 December 2000, from whom acquired.
50 7/8 x 44 1/8 in. (129.3 x 114 cm.)
Private collection, Hamburg, since at least 1966. | Anonymous sale; Kunsthaus am Museum-Carola von Ham, Cologne, 20-23 March 1991, lot 1070, as ‘Utrecht Caravaggist 17th C’ (630,000DM). | with Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich, 1992-1996. | with Noortman, Maastricht. | Private collection, Switzerland. | with Galerie Neuse, Bremen, 21 December 2000, from whom acquired.
Auction result well in line with expectations
In December 2018 Christies in London held the auction Important Old Master Paintings from The Eric Albada Jelgersma Collection: Evening sale, which included the work Allegory of love by Gerrit van Honthorst. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 500,000.00 – 800,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 548,750.00 (€ 611,356.17) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Admittedly, works by Gerrit van Honthorst have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work A Merry Group Behind A Balustrade With A Violin And A Lute Player in January 2014 with an auction result of USD 7,557,000.00 (€ 5,597,777.78).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Dezember 2018 führte Christies in London die Auktion Important Old Master Paintings from The Eric Albada Jelgersma Collection: Evening sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit Allegory of love von Gerrit van Honthorst zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 500.000,00 – 800.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 548.750,00 (€ 611.356,17) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Gerrit van Honthorst auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit A Merry Group Behind A Balustrade With A Violin And A Lute Player im Januar 2014 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 7.557.000,00 (€ 5.597.777,78).
Gerrit van Honthorst - Auction history
