Jacob Adriaensz. Backer
An Elderly Scholar At His Desk
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 EUR
Price realised: 50.400 EUR
Price realised: 50.400 EUR
Description
Jacob Adriaensz. Backer (Harlingen 1608-1653 Amsterdam)
An elderly scholar at his desk
oil on panel
66.6 x 50.8 cm.
An elderly scholar at his desk
oil on panel
66.6 x 50.8 cm.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 68 %.
The work An Elderly Scholar At His Desk by Jacob Adriaensz. Backer was sold in the Old Master Pictures and Drawings auction at Christies in Amsterdam in November 2006. It achieved a price of EUR 50,400.00 exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 68 %. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Jacob Adriaensz. Backer - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a black coat with a white collar and cuffs, wearing a black hat, a glove in his right hand, before a column and a red curtain, which sold at auction in July 2015 for GBP 122,500.00 (€ 173,663.86).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 68 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit An Elderly Scholar At His Desk von Jacob Adriaensz. Backer wurde im November 2006 in der Auktion Old Master Pictures and Drawings bei Christies in Amsterdam versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von EUR 50.400,00 und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 68 %. Für andere Arbeiten von Jacob Adriaensz. Backer mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a black coat with a white collar and cuffs, wearing a black hat, a glove in his right hand, before a column and a red curtain beobachtet, die im Juli 2015 für GBP 122.500,00 (€ 173.663,86) versteigert wurde.
Jacob Adriaensz. Backer - Auction history
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