Jan Mortel

A Still Life With A Chinese Porcelain Jug, A Pewter Plate With A Herring, A Pomegranate, A Knife, An Onion, Grapes And Cherries, Together With A Snail And A Butterfly, All On A Stone Table Draped With A Grey Cloth

Found at Sothebys, London
Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale, Lot 137
6. Dec - 6. Dec 2012
Estimate: 25.000 - 35.000 GBP
Price realised: 67.250 GBP
Jan Mortel
LEIDEN 1652 - 1719
A STILL LIFE WITH A CHINESE PORCELAIN JUG, A PEWTER PLATE WITH A HERRING, A POMEGRANATE, A KNIFE, AN ONION, GRAPES AND CHERRIES, TOGETHER WITH A SNAIL AND A BUTTERFLY, ALL ON A STONE TABLE DRAPED WITH A GREY CLOTH
signed and dated lower left: Mortel fec./ A o. 1686
oil on canvas
44.5 by 52.5 cm.; 17 1/2 by 20 3/4 in.
Max and Fanny Steinthal, Charlottenburg, Berlin, 1901; | Thence by descent.

Upper estimate price exceeded by 92 %.

This artwork by Jan Mortel achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in December 2012. In the Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale auction, the work A Still Life With A Chinese Porcelain Jug, A Pewter Plate With A Herring, A Pomegranate, A Knife, An Onion, Grapes And Cherries, Together With A Snail And A Butterfly, All On A Stone Table Draped With A Grey Cloth sold for GBP 67,250.00 (€ 82,937.93) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 35,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Jan Mortel - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Peaches, plums, apricots, grapes, pears, blackberries, sheafs of corn, chestnuts, walnuts, medlars, cherries and a pomegranate with a snail, a butterfly, a grasshopper and a caterpillar by a plinth, which sold at auction in December 2005 for GBP 120,000.00 (€ 174,173.28).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 92 % übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Jan Mortel erzielte im Dezember 2012 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale wurde die Arbeit A Still Life With A Chinese Porcelain Jug, A Pewter Plate With A Herring, A Pomegranate, A Knife, An Onion, Grapes And Cherries, Together With A Snail And A Butterfly, All On A Stone Table Draped With A Grey Cloth für GBP 67.250,00 (€ 82.937,93) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 35.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Jan Mortel mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Peaches, plums, apricots, grapes, pears, blackberries, sheafs of corn, chestnuts, walnuts, medlars, cherries and a pomegranate with a snail, a butterfly, a grasshopper and a caterpillar by a plinth beobachtet, die im Dezember 2005 für GBP 120.000,00 (€ 174.173,28) versteigert wurde.

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