Goswijn Van Der Weyden
Seven Scenes From The Life And Veneration Of Saint Dymphna
Estimate: 1.000.000 - 1.500.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.161.250 GBP
Price realised: 1.161.250 GBP
Description
Goswijn van der Weyden
BRUSSELS CIRCA 1465 - AFTER 1538 ANTWERP
SEVEN SCENES FROM THE LIFE AND VENERATION OF SAINT DYMPHNA
A) SAINT DYMPHNA BAPTISED BY GEREBERNUS;
B) HER FATHER THE KING TELLING HIS DAUGHTER OF HIS INTENTION TO WED HER:
C) SAINT DYMPHNA EMBARKING WITH HER RETINUE;
D) THE KING'S SOLDIERS LOOKING FOR THE SAINT;
E) AN EMISSARY REPORTS HER DISCOVERY TO THE KING;
Painted for the chapel of Saint Dymphna in the Abbey church at Tongerlo near Geel in 1505; | In situ at Tongerlo until the rule of Abbot Van der Achter (1724-1745), who had the altarpiece dismembered; | Kept at Tongerlo (in store or re-hung) until the Napoleonic suppression of the Abbey in 1794; | Apparently hidden near the Abbey, and in 1837 recorded in the possession of M. Lebon, Burgomaster of Geel; | Recorded in the possession of librarian Fr
BRUSSELS CIRCA 1465 - AFTER 1538 ANTWERP
SEVEN SCENES FROM THE LIFE AND VENERATION OF SAINT DYMPHNA
A) SAINT DYMPHNA BAPTISED BY GEREBERNUS;
B) HER FATHER THE KING TELLING HIS DAUGHTER OF HIS INTENTION TO WED HER:
C) SAINT DYMPHNA EMBARKING WITH HER RETINUE;
D) THE KING'S SOLDIERS LOOKING FOR THE SAINT;
E) AN EMISSARY REPORTS HER DISCOVERY TO THE KING;
Painted for the chapel of Saint Dymphna in the Abbey church at Tongerlo near Geel in 1505; | In situ at Tongerlo until the rule of Abbot Van der Achter (1724-1745), who had the altarpiece dismembered; | Kept at Tongerlo (in store or re-hung) until the Napoleonic suppression of the Abbey in 1794; | Apparently hidden near the Abbey, and in 1837 recorded in the possession of M. Lebon, Burgomaster of Geel; | Recorded in the possession of librarian Fr
A top price for Goswijn van der Weyden - as previously expected
The work Seven Scenes From The Life And Veneration Of Saint Dymphna by Goswijn van der Weyden was auctioned at Sothebys in London in December 2010. The price achieved of GBP 1,161,250.00 (€ 1,347,046.50) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 1,000,000.00 – 1,500,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Seven Scenes From The Life And Veneration Of Saint Dymphna is the most expensive artwork by Goswijn van der Weyden that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit Seven Scenes From The Life And Veneration Of Saint Dymphna von Goswijn van der Weyden kam im Dezember 2010 bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 1.161.250,00 (€ 1.347.046,50) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 1.000.000,00 – 1.500.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Seven Scenes From The Life And Veneration Of Saint Dymphna das teuerste Kunstwerk von Goswijn van der Weyden, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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