Jacob Frans Van Der Merck

Portrait of a lady and a gentleman as Venus and Adonis, full-length

Found at Christies, New York
Old Masters, Lot 80
26. Oct - 26. Oct 2016
Estimate: 80.000 - 100.000 USD
Price realised: 87.500 USD
signed and dated ‘Jf•v•merck•fe / 1647’ ('Jf' linked, center right, on the rock)
oil on canvas
75 5/8 x 88¼ in. (192 x 224 cm.)
Simonius Burckhardt, Basel. | Oeri Imonius, Basel. | Dr. Hans Schneider, The Hague and Basel, 1953. | Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 28 March 1979, lot 29 to the following. | with H. Van de Steen Gallery, from whom acquired in 1979 by | Marcel Jooris, and by descent to the following. | Private collection, Belgium. | Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 6 July 2011, lot 83 (£120,000) where acquired by the present owner.

Auction result well in line with expectations

In October 2016 Christies in New York held the auction Old Masters, which included the work Portrait of a lady and a gentleman as Venus and Adonis, full-length by Jacob van der Merck. The price achieved of USD 87,500.00 (€ 79,821.20) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 80,000.00 – 100,000.00. Other works by Jacob van der Merck have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in January 2014 the work An African Grey And An Orange Winged Amazon Parrot On A Perch With Citrus Fruit  was auctioned for USD 112,500.00 (€ 83,333.33).

Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen

Im Oktober 2016 führte Christies in New York die Auktion Old Masters durch, in der auch die Arbeit Portrait of a lady and a gentleman as Venus and Adonis, full-length von Jacob van der Merck zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 87.500,00 (€ 79.821,20) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 80.000,00 – 100.000,00 angegeben worden. Andere Arbeiten von Jacob van der Merck konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im Januar 2014 die Arbeit An African Grey And An Orange Winged Amazon Parrot On A Perch With Citrus Fruit  für USD 112.500,00 (€ 83.333,33) versteigert.

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