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Jan Christiaensz Micker
The Tower Of Babel
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 GBP
Price realised: 82.850 GBP
Price realised: 82.850 GBP
Description
Jan Christiaensz Micker
AMSTERDAM CIRCA 1599 - 1664
THE TOWER OF BABEL
signed lower left: Micker INV
oil on oak panel
88.4 by 122.3 cm.; 34 3/4 by 48 1/8 in.
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 5 July 1967, lot 69, for £850 to Spiller.
AMSTERDAM CIRCA 1599 - 1664
THE TOWER OF BABEL
signed lower left: Micker INV
oil on oak panel
88.4 by 122.3 cm.; 34 3/4 by 48 1/8 in.
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 5 July 1967, lot 69, for £850 to Spiller.
A top price for Jan Christiaensz. Micker
In December 2011 Sothebys in London held the auction Old Master and British Paintings Day Sale, which included the work The Tower Of Babel by Jan Christiaensz. Micker. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 82,850.00 (€ 99,224.58), 66% above the upper estimate. This high result makes The Tower Of Babel the most expensive artwork by Jan Christiaensz. Micker that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Jan Christiaensz. Micker
Im Dezember 2011 führte Sothebys in London die Auktion Old Master and British Paintings Day Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit The Tower Of Babel von Jan Christiaensz. Micker zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 82.850,00 (€ 99.224,58) und damit 66% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Tower Of Babel zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Jan Christiaensz. Micker, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.