James Seymour
A brown thoroughbred, traditionally identified as 'Spanking Roger', held by a groom before an extensive landscape
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 GBP
Price realised: 157.800 GBP
Price realised: 157.800 GBP
Description
James Seymour (London 1702-1752)
A brown thoroughbred, traditionally identified as 'Spanking Roger', held by a groom before an extensive landscape
signed with initials and dated 'J.S.,/ 1745' (lower left)
oil on canvas
76.7 x 133cm (30 3/16 x 52 3/8in).
Curry Sale, American Art Association, New York, 12-14 May 1932, lot 485 | Martha C. Babcock and Lewis M. Gibb, by descent to their daughter | Martha Gibb Bayne (b. 1928), by descent to her children | Cynthia P. Bayne and William Bayne
A brown thoroughbred, traditionally identified as 'Spanking Roger', held by a groom before an extensive landscape
signed with initials and dated 'J.S.,/ 1745' (lower left)
oil on canvas
76.7 x 133cm (30 3/16 x 52 3/8in).
Curry Sale, American Art Association, New York, 12-14 May 1932, lot 485 | Martha C. Babcock and Lewis M. Gibb, by descent to their daughter | Martha Gibb Bayne (b. 1928), by descent to her children | Cynthia P. Bayne and William Bayne
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work A brown thoroughbred, traditionally identified as 'Spanking Roger', held by a groom before an extensive landscape by James Seymour was worth GBP 157,800.00 (€ 188,441.23) to a buyer in July last year. This price was achieved in the auction Old Master Paintings at Bonhams in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 50,000.00 many times over. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by James Seymour; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Lord Portmore's 'Snap', a saddled chestnut hunter held by a groom, with a setter in a landscape sold at auction in July 2021 with the realized price of GBP 275,000.00 (€ 322,494.52).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit A brown thoroughbred, traditionally identified as 'Spanking Roger', held by a groom before an extensive landscape von James Seymour war einem Käufer im Juli letzten Jahres GBP 157.800,00 (€ 188.441,23) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Old Master Paintings bei Bonhams in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 50.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von James Seymour; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Lord Portmore's 'Snap', a saddled chestnut hunter held by a groom, with a setter in a landscape im Juli 2021 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 275.000,00 (€ 322.494,52).
James Seymour - Auction history
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