Jacob Duck
An Interior With A Gentleman Presenting A Snuff Box To A Seated Lady Stringing A Pearl
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 81.250 USD
Price realised: 81.250 USD
Description
Jacob Duck
UTRECHT (?) CIRCA 1600 - 1667
AN INTERIOR WITH A GENTLEMAN PRESENTING A SNUFF BOX TO A SEATED LADY STRINGING A PEARL
oil on canvas laid down on panel
22 3/8 by 18 1/2 in.; 56.8 by 47 cm.
Probably, Dr. Bragge, London; | By whom probably sold, London, Prestage, 25 January 1754, lot 54, for £26 (as Gabriel Metsu, "A young Gentleman at his Mistress's Toylet giving her a Pinch of Snuff, she is stringing a Pearl, width 1ft 6 in, height 1 ft 10 in"); | Collection at Forty Hall, Enfield (as Gabriel Metsu); | Collection at White House, Tonbridge (as Gabriel Metsu); | Mrs. Whitelaw Reid (as Gabriel Metsu); | Thence by descent to her son,
UTRECHT (?) CIRCA 1600 - 1667
AN INTERIOR WITH A GENTLEMAN PRESENTING A SNUFF BOX TO A SEATED LADY STRINGING A PEARL
oil on canvas laid down on panel
22 3/8 by 18 1/2 in.; 56.8 by 47 cm.
Probably, Dr. Bragge, London; | By whom probably sold, London, Prestage, 25 January 1754, lot 54, for £26 (as Gabriel Metsu, "A young Gentleman at his Mistress's Toylet giving her a Pinch of Snuff, she is stringing a Pearl, width 1ft 6 in, height 1 ft 10 in"); | Collection at Forty Hall, Enfield (as Gabriel Metsu); | Collection at White House, Tonbridge (as Gabriel Metsu); | Mrs. Whitelaw Reid (as Gabriel Metsu); | Thence by descent to her son,
Upper estimate price exceeded by 35 %.
The work An Interior With A Gentleman Presenting A Snuff Box To A Seated Lady Stringing A Pearl by Jacob Duck was sold in the Master Paintings and Sculpture Day Sale auction at Sothebys in New York in February 2018. It achieved a price of USD 81,250.00 (€ 66,538.37), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 35%. Admittedly, works by Jacob Duck have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work An Allegory of Faith in January 2010 with an auction result of USD 542,500.00 (€ 391,131.94).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 35 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit An Interior With A Gentleman Presenting A Snuff Box To A Seated Lady Stringing A Pearl von Jacob Duck wurde im Februar 2018 in der Auktion Master Paintings and Sculpture Day Sale bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 81.250,00 (€ 66.538,37) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 35%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Jacob Duck auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit An Allegory of Faith im Januar 2010 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 542.500,00 (€ 391.131,94).
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