Jan Miense Molenaer
The Duet: A Self Portrait Of The Artist With His Wife, Judith Leyster, Probably Their Marriage Portrait
Estimate: 700.000 - 900.000 USD
Price realised: 2.405.000 USD
Price realised: 2.405.000 USD
Description
Jan Miense Molenaer
HAARLEM CIRCA 1610 - 1668
THE DUET: A SELF PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST WITH HIS WIFE, JUDITH LEYSTER, PROBABLY THEIR MARRIAGE PORTRAIT
signed lower right: IM [in ligature] MOLENAER
oil on panel
16 5/8 by 20 1/4 in.; 42.2 by 51.4 cm.
Richard, 2 nd Earl of Clancarty (1767-1837), Gorbally, Galway, Ireland; | Lady Katherine Anne Le Poer Trench; | Her sale, London, Christie's, 10 July 1953, lot 45; | With Arthur Tooth and Sons, London and Paris; | Lady Duke-Elder, London; | By whom sold, London, Sotheby's, 5 July 1989, lot 32, reproduced in color; | Peter Eliot, New York, by 1991; | With Richard Green, London; | From whom purchased by the family of the present owner.
HAARLEM CIRCA 1610 - 1668
THE DUET: A SELF PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST WITH HIS WIFE, JUDITH LEYSTER, PROBABLY THEIR MARRIAGE PORTRAIT
signed lower right: IM [in ligature] MOLENAER
oil on panel
16 5/8 by 20 1/4 in.; 42.2 by 51.4 cm.
Richard, 2 nd Earl of Clancarty (1767-1837), Gorbally, Galway, Ireland; | Lady Katherine Anne Le Poer Trench; | Her sale, London, Christie's, 10 July 1953, lot 45; | With Arthur Tooth and Sons, London and Paris; | Lady Duke-Elder, London; | By whom sold, London, Sotheby's, 5 July 1989, lot 32, reproduced in color; | Peter Eliot, New York, by 1991; | With Richard Green, London; | From whom purchased by the family of the present owner.
A top price for Jan Miense Molenaer
This artwork by Jan Miense Molenaer achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in January 2014. In the Old Master Paintings auction, the work The Duet: A Self Portrait Of The Artist With His Wife, Judith Leyster, Probably Their Marriage Portrait sold for USD 2,405,000.00 (€ 1,781,481.48) - well above the upper estimate of USD 900,000.00. This high result makes The Duet: A Self Portrait Of The Artist With His Wife, Judith Leyster, Probably Their Marriage Portrait the most expensive artwork by Jan Miense Molenaer that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Jan Miense Molenaer
Dieses Kunstwerk von Jan Miense Molenaer erzielte im Januar 2014 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master Paintings wurde die Arbeit The Duet: A Self Portrait Of The Artist With His Wife, Judith Leyster, Probably Their Marriage Portrait für USD 2.405.000,00 (€ 1.781.481,48) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 900.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht The Duet: A Self Portrait Of The Artist With His Wife, Judith Leyster, Probably Their Marriage Portrait zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Jan Miense Molenaer, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Jan Miense Molenaer - Auction history
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