Jacques De Gheyn Ii
Portrait of Hugo Grotius, aged 15
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 GBP
Price realised: 2.250 GBP
Price realised: 2.250 GBP
Description
engraving, 1599, on laid paper, without watermark, a fine impression of the first state (of two), with margins on three sides, trimmed on the platemark at right, with a strip of paper added to the right sheet edge, otherwise in very good condition
Plate 89 x 107 mm., Sheet 133 x 105 mm.
British Museum, London (Lugt 302), with their duplicate stamp (Lugt 305), signed by John Gere, Keeper of Prints & Drawings, 1973-81. | With Christopher Mendez, London. | Acquired from the above, on 6 April 1998.
Plate 89 x 107 mm., Sheet 133 x 105 mm.
British Museum, London (Lugt 302), with their duplicate stamp (Lugt 305), signed by John Gere, Keeper of Prints & Drawings, 1973-81. | With Christopher Mendez, London. | Acquired from the above, on 6 April 1998.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by Jacques de Gheyn II. achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in December 2019. In the Old Master Prints auction, the work Portrait of Hugo Grotius, aged 15 sold for GBP 2,250.00 (€ 2,659.24) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 1,200.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Jacques de Gheyn II. achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work A large beech, partly in leaf in July 2014 with an auction result of GBP 1,142,500.00 (€ 1,441,051.72).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Jacques de Gheyn II. erzielte im Dezember 2019 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master Prints wurde die Arbeit Portrait of Hugo Grotius, aged 15 für GBP 2.250,00 (€ 2.659,24) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.200,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Jacques de Gheyn II. erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit A large beech, partly in leaf im Juli 2014 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 1.142.500,00 (€ 1.441.051,72).
Jacques de Gheyn II. - Auction history
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