Jan Kupetzki
Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, holding a flute
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 GBP
Price realised: 27.500 GBP
Price realised: 27.500 GBP
Description
Jan Kupetzki (Bösing 1667-1740 Nuremberg)
Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, holding a flute
oil on canvas
45½ x 35 in. (115.5 x 88.9 cm.)
Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, holding a flute
oil on canvas
45½ x 35 in. (115.5 x 88.9 cm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Jan Kupetzki achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in December 2011. In the Old Masters and British Paintings auction, the work Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, holding a flute sold for GBP 27,500.00 (€ 32,935.13) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 12,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Jan Kupetzki; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Portrait of Susanna Klaus, The Wife of The Artist, Half-Length, In A White Dess And Brown Shawl, Holding A Book In Her Right Hand sold at auction in November 2006 with the realized price of EUR 57,600.00.
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Jan Kupetzki erzielte im Dezember 2011 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Masters and British Paintings wurde die Arbeit Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, holding a flute für GBP 27.500,00 (€ 32.935,13) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 12.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Jan Kupetzki; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Portrait of Susanna Klaus, The Wife of The Artist, Half-Length, In A White Dess And Brown Shawl, Holding A Book In Her Right Hand im November 2006 mit dem Hammerpreis von EUR 57.600,00.