Jacob van Doordt

Unknown

Found at Christies, London
Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Glass, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes, Lot 37
16. Nov - 16. Nov 2010

Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 22.500 GBP

Description

JACOB VAN DOORDT (FL. C. 1606-1629)
A high-ranking gentleman, with reddish-blonde hair and beard, in embroidered black silk slashed doublet tied with a set of ribbons terminating in pointed aglets, high-standing lace collar with tassels, a gold acorn-shaped object, probably a pomander, suspended from his left cord, wearing a jewelled and enamelled gold locket or miniature case suspended from a gem-set enamelled gold chain; blue background with gold border
signed with gold monogram and dated '161[.]. JVD' (lower left)
on vellum laid down on card
oval, 1 7/8 in. (48 mm.) high, turned ebonised wood frame

A top price for Jacob van Doordt - as previously expected

In November 2010 Christies in London held the auction Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Glass, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes, which included the work Unknown by Jacob van Doordt. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 20,000.00 – 30,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 22,500.00 (€ 26,887.47) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Unknown is the most expensive artwork by Jacob van Doordt that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage

Im November 2010 führte Christies in London die Auktion Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Glass, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes durch, in der auch die Arbeit Unknown von Jacob van Doordt zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 20.000,00 – 30.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 22.500,00 (€ 26.887,47) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Unknown das teuerste Kunstwerk von Jacob van Doordt, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.