James Seymour
Lord Portmore's 'Snap', a saddled chestnut hunter held by a groom, with a setter in a landscape
Found at
Christies,
London
The B.J. Eastwood Collection: Important Sporting and Irish Pictures, Lot 28
9. Jul - 9. Jul 2021
The B.J. Eastwood Collection: Important Sporting and Irish Pictures, Lot 28
9. Jul - 9. Jul 2021
Estimate: 80.000 - 120.000 GBP
Price realised: 275.000 GBP
Price realised: 275.000 GBP
Description
James Seymour (1702-1752)
Lord Portmore's 'Snap', a saddled chestnut hunter held by a groom, with a setter in a landscape
signed and dated 'J. Seymour/1743/Snap' (lower left)
oil on canvas
41 x 48 in. (104.1 x 122 cm.)
Painted in 1743.
- Major Guy Paget, Wheeler House, Husbands Bosworth, by 1928. | Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 23 June 1972, lot 26 (10,000 gns. to Ackerman). | R.A. McCalpine. | with Roy Miles Fine Painting, London, where acquired for the present collection.
Lord Portmore's 'Snap', a saddled chestnut hunter held by a groom, with a setter in a landscape
signed and dated 'J. Seymour/1743/Snap' (lower left)
oil on canvas
41 x 48 in. (104.1 x 122 cm.)
Painted in 1743.
- Major Guy Paget, Wheeler House, Husbands Bosworth, by 1928. | Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 23 June 1972, lot 26 (10,000 gns. to Ackerman). | R.A. McCalpine. | with Roy Miles Fine Painting, London, where acquired for the present collection.
A top price for James Seymour
This artwork by James Seymour achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in July 2021. In the The B.J. Eastwood Collection: Important Sporting and Irish Pictures auction, the work Lord Portmore's 'Snap', a saddled chestnut hunter held by a groom, with a setter in a landscape sold for GBP 275,000.00 (€ 322,494.52) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 120,000.00. This high result makes Lord Portmore's 'Snap', a saddled chestnut hunter held by a groom, with a setter in a landscape the most expensive artwork by James Seymour that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für James Seymour
Dieses Kunstwerk von James Seymour erzielte im Juli 2021 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The B.J. Eastwood Collection: Important Sporting and Irish Pictures wurde die Arbeit Lord Portmore's 'Snap', a saddled chestnut hunter held by a groom, with a setter in a landscape für GBP 275.000,00 (€ 322.494,52) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 120.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Lord Portmore's 'Snap', a saddled chestnut hunter held by a groom, with a setter in a landscape zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von James Seymour, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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