Godfried Schalcken
The Parable Of The Lost Piece Of Silver
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 GBP
Price realised: 378.400 GBP
Price realised: 378.400 GBP
Description
Godfried SchalckenMade, near Breda 1643 - 1706 The Hague
MADE, NEAR BREDA 1643 - 1706 THE HAGUE
THE PARABLE OF THE LOST PIECE OF SILVER
oil on canvas
37 by 48 cm.; 14 1/2 by 19 in.
Probably in the collection of the Landgraves of Hessen-Kassel, Schloss Altstadt, Kassel, 1783 (1783 inv. no. 75); | Probably removed to Paris by Napoleonic troops under General Lagrange in 1814 or slightly before; | Marquise d'Aoust, Paris, circa 1910; | Her sale, Paris, Lair-Dubreuil, 5 June 1924, lot 83 (the subject wrongly identified as a 'Scène de séduction').
MADE, NEAR BREDA 1643 - 1706 THE HAGUE
THE PARABLE OF THE LOST PIECE OF SILVER
oil on canvas
37 by 48 cm.; 14 1/2 by 19 in.
Probably in the collection of the Landgraves of Hessen-Kassel, Schloss Altstadt, Kassel, 1783 (1783 inv. no. 75); | Probably removed to Paris by Napoleonic troops under General Lagrange in 1814 or slightly before; | Marquise d'Aoust, Paris, circa 1910; | Her sale, Paris, Lair-Dubreuil, 5 June 1924, lot 83 (the subject wrongly identified as a 'Scène de séduction').
A top price for Godfried Schalcken
This artwork by Godfried Schalcken achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in July 2007. In the Old Master Paintings Evening auction, the work The Parable Of The Lost Piece Of Silver sold for GBP 378,400.00 (€ 562,011.35) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 150,000.00. This high result makes The Parable Of The Lost Piece Of Silver the most expensive artwork by Godfried Schalcken that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Godfried Schalcken
Dieses Kunstwerk von Godfried Schalcken erzielte im Juli 2007 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master Paintings Evening wurde die Arbeit The Parable Of The Lost Piece Of Silver für GBP 378.400,00 (€ 562.011,35) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 150.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Parable Of The Lost Piece Of Silver zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Godfried Schalcken, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Godfried Schalcken - Auction history
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