Jan Havicksz. Steen
The Prayer Before The Meal
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Including Three Renaissance Masterworks from Chatsworth, Lot 9
5. Dec - 5. Dec 2012
Including Three Renaissance Masterworks from Chatsworth, Lot 9
5. Dec - 5. Dec 2012
Estimate: 5.000.000 - 7.000.000 GBP
Price realised: 5.641.250 GBP
Price realised: 5.641.250 GBP
Description
Jan Havicksz. Steen
LEIDEN 1626 - 1679
THE PRAYER BEFORE THE MEAL
signed and dated on the placard on the back wall below the inscription: JAN STEEN 1660
inscribed on the placard:-
Drie dingen wensch ick en niet meer.
Voor al te minnen Godt den heer,
Johannes Enschedé, printer, Haarlem; | His deceased sale, Haarlem, Jelgersma/Van der Vinne, 30 May 1786, lot 22; | Anonymous sale, Alkmaar, Hartemink van Horstok, 17 November 1788, lot 1, for 700 Florins to Du Tour; | B. Ocke, Curate of the new church of Sint Lodewijk, Leiden; | His deceased sale, Leiden, 21 April 1817, lot 128, (described as on canvas), for 440 Florins to Ocke (presumably bought in); | Anonymous sale (Engelberts and others), Am
LEIDEN 1626 - 1679
THE PRAYER BEFORE THE MEAL
signed and dated on the placard on the back wall below the inscription: JAN STEEN 1660
inscribed on the placard:-
Drie dingen wensch ick en niet meer.
Voor al te minnen Godt den heer,
Johannes Enschedé, printer, Haarlem; | His deceased sale, Haarlem, Jelgersma/Van der Vinne, 30 May 1786, lot 22; | Anonymous sale, Alkmaar, Hartemink van Horstok, 17 November 1788, lot 1, for 700 Florins to Du Tour; | B. Ocke, Curate of the new church of Sint Lodewijk, Leiden; | His deceased sale, Leiden, 21 April 1817, lot 128, (described as on canvas), for 440 Florins to Ocke (presumably bought in); | Anonymous sale (Engelberts and others), Am
A top price for Jan Steen - as previously expected
In December 2012 Sothebys in London held the auction Including Three Renaissance Masterworks from Chatsworth, which included the work The Prayer Before The Meal by Jan Steen. The price achieved of GBP 5,641,250.00 (€ 6,957,227.93) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 5,000,000.00 – 7,000,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, The Prayer Before The Meal is the most expensive artwork by Jan Steen that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Im Dezember 2012 führte Sothebys in London die Auktion Including Three Renaissance Masterworks from Chatsworth durch, in der auch die Arbeit The Prayer Before The Meal von Jan Steen zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 5.641.250,00 (€ 6.957.227,93) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 5.000.000,00 – 7.000.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist The Prayer Before The Meal das teuerste Kunstwerk von Jan Steen, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Jan Steen - Auction history
