Godfried Schalcken
An allegory of Fortune
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Price realised: 125.000 USD
Price realised: 125.000 USD
Description
signed 'G.Schalcken.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
13 ¾ x 11 in. (34.9 x 27.9 cm.)
(Probably) Everard George van Tindinghorste; his sale (†), Ploos van Amstel, Amsterdam, 26 March 1777, lot 64 (FL 201 to Schley). | Chevalier Gabriel François Joseph de Verhulst; his sale (†), Brussels, 16 August 1779, lot 172 (FL 100 to the Danish Ambassador) (according to a label on the reverse at the time of the 2001 sale). | Lord Plymouth (according to a label on the reverse at the time of the 2001 sale). | with D. Katz, Dieren, 1962-63. | Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 3 December 1
oil on canvas
13 ¾ x 11 in. (34.9 x 27.9 cm.)
(Probably) Everard George van Tindinghorste; his sale (†), Ploos van Amstel, Amsterdam, 26 March 1777, lot 64 (FL 201 to Schley). | Chevalier Gabriel François Joseph de Verhulst; his sale (†), Brussels, 16 August 1779, lot 172 (FL 100 to the Danish Ambassador) (according to a label on the reverse at the time of the 2001 sale). | Lord Plymouth (according to a label on the reverse at the time of the 2001 sale). | with D. Katz, Dieren, 1962-63. | Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 3 December 1
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work An allegory of Fortune by Godfried Schalcken was sold in the Old Masters auction at Christies in New York in October 2016. The price achieved of USD 125,000.00 (€ 114,030.29) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 100,000.00 – 150,000.00. Admittedly, works by Godfried Schalcken have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work The Parable Of The Lost Piece Of Silver in July 2007 with an auction result of GBP 378,400.00 (€ 562,011.35).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit An allegory of Fortune von Godfried Schalcken wurde im Oktober 2016 in der Auktion Old Masters bei Christies in New York versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 125.000,00 (€ 114.030,29) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 100.000,00 – 150.000,00 angegeben worden. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Godfried Schalcken auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit The Parable Of The Lost Piece Of Silver im Juli 2007 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 378.400,00 (€ 562.011,35).
Godfried Schalcken - Auction history
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