Jan Havicksz. Steen
‘The Dancing Couple’: a terrace with a couple dancing to a pipe and fiddle, peasants eating and merrymaking behind
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Old Masters Evening Auction, Lot 11
27. Jun - 6. Jul 2022
Old Masters Evening Auction, Lot 11
27. Jun - 6. Jul 2022
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
The Property of a Private Collector
Jan Havicksz. Steen
Leiden 1626 - 1679
‘The Dancing Couple’: a terrace with a couple dancing to a pipe and fiddle, peasants eating and merrymaking behind
signed lower left on the stone slab in imitation of a carving: JSteen (JS in compendium)
oil on oak panel
55.7 x 77.2 cm.; 22 x 30⅜ in.
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私人收藏 楊・哈菲克斯・施特恩
Possibly Pieter de la Court, Leiden (1618–1685); | His son Pieter de la Court van der Voort, Leiden (1664–1739); | His posthumous sale, Amsterdam, Slagregen, 26 August 1772, lot 6, to Fouquet for 215 florins; | Pierre Fouquet Jr (a ‘marchand d'estampes’); | His posthumous sale, Amsterdam, Van der Schley, 13–14 April 1801, lot 66, for 265 guilders to La Fontaine; | Possibly Mr Wilkinson, Gloucester Place, London; | Anonymous sale (‘The Property of a Gentleman, Deceased. Removed from h
Jan Havicksz. Steen
Leiden 1626 - 1679
‘The Dancing Couple’: a terrace with a couple dancing to a pipe and fiddle, peasants eating and merrymaking behind
signed lower left on the stone slab in imitation of a carving: JSteen (JS in compendium)
oil on oak panel
55.7 x 77.2 cm.; 22 x 30⅜ in.
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私人收藏 楊・哈菲克斯・施特恩
Possibly Pieter de la Court, Leiden (1618–1685); | His son Pieter de la Court van der Voort, Leiden (1664–1739); | His posthumous sale, Amsterdam, Slagregen, 26 August 1772, lot 6, to Fouquet for 215 florins; | Pierre Fouquet Jr (a ‘marchand d'estampes’); | His posthumous sale, Amsterdam, Van der Schley, 13–14 April 1801, lot 66, for 265 guilders to La Fontaine; | Possibly Mr Wilkinson, Gloucester Place, London; | Anonymous sale (‘The Property of a Gentleman, Deceased. Removed from h
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work ‘The Dancing Couple’: a terrace with a couple dancing to a pipe and fiddle, peasants eating and merrymaking behind by Jan Steen was auctioned at Sothebys in London in July last year. It changed hands for a price of GBP 756,000.00 (€ 902,798.27) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 600,000.00 – 800,000.00. Admittedly, works by Jan Steen have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work The Prayer Before The Meal in December 2012 with an auction result of GBP 5,641,250.00 (€ 6,957,227.93).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit ‘The Dancing Couple’: a terrace with a couple dancing to a pipe and fiddle, peasants eating and merrymaking behind von Jan Steen kam im Juli letzten Jahres bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 756.000,00 (€ 902.798,27) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 600.000,00 – 800.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Jan Steen auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit The Prayer Before The Meal im Dezember 2012 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 5.641.250,00 (€ 6.957.227,93).
Jan Steen - Auction history
