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- The Flea Hunt
Gerrit Van Honthorst
The Flea Hunt
Estimate: 400.000 - 600.000 USD
Price realised: 389.000 USD
Price realised: 389.000 USD
Description
Gerrit van Honthorst
UTRECHT 1592 - 1656
THE FLEA HUNT
indistinctly signed and dated lower left
oil on canvas
43 1/4 by 35 1/4 in; 110 by 89.5 cm.
Probably Jan Willem Frank, The Hague; | His sale, The Hague, Jan Willem Frank, 5 April 1762, lot 46; | H.M. van Straaten, The Hague; | His sale, The Hague, Van Marle & Bignell, 7 March 1964, lot 67; | With Richard Knight, London; | With Trafalgar Galleries, London; | Anonymous sale ("Property of a European Private Collector"), London, Christie's, 4 July 1997, lot 26; | Where purchased by the present collector.
UTRECHT 1592 - 1656
THE FLEA HUNT
indistinctly signed and dated lower left
oil on canvas
43 1/4 by 35 1/4 in; 110 by 89.5 cm.
Probably Jan Willem Frank, The Hague; | His sale, The Hague, Jan Willem Frank, 5 April 1762, lot 46; | H.M. van Straaten, The Hague; | His sale, The Hague, Van Marle & Bignell, 7 March 1964, lot 67; | With Richard Knight, London; | With Trafalgar Galleries, London; | Anonymous sale ("Property of a European Private Collector"), London, Christie's, 4 July 1997, lot 26; | Where purchased by the present collector.
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work The Flea Hunt by Gerrit van Honthorst was auctioned at Sothebys in New York in January 2015, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 400,000.00 – 600,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 389,000.00 (€ 344,552.70). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Gerrit van Honthorst achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached 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 verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit The Flea Hunt von Gerrit van Honthorst im Januar 2015 bei Sothebys in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 400.000,00 – 600.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 389.000,00 (€ 344.552,70) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Gerrit van Honthorst erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte 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).
