Jan van Call The Elder

A wooded landscape seen from a cavern; and A steep valley with a watermill

Found at Christies, London
Old Master Pictures & Drawings, Lot 385
7. Dec - 7. Dec 2005
Estimate: 1.500 - 2.000 GBP
Price realised: 2.880 GBP
Jan van Call the Elder (Nijmegen 1656-1706 The Hague)
A wooded landscape seen from a cavern; and A steep valley with a watermill
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolour, circular, pen and brown ink framing lines
4¼ in. (108 mm.) diam.(a pair) (2)

Upper estimate price exceeded by 44 %.

In December 2005 Christies in London held the auction Old Master Pictures & Drawings, which included the work A wooded landscape seen from a cavern; and A steep valley with a watermill by Jan van Call the Elder. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 2,880.00 (€ 4,180.16), 44% above the upper estimate. Other works by Jan van Call the Elder have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of GBP 3,750.00 (€ 4,285.03) in July 2013 for the work View Of The Harbour Of Alexandria, Egypt.

Oberer Schätzpreis um 44 % übertroffen

Im Dezember 2005 führte Christies in London die Auktion Old Master Pictures & Drawings durch, in der auch die Arbeit A wooded landscape seen from a cavern; and A steep valley with a watermill von Jan van Call the Elder zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 2.880,00 (€ 4.180,16) und damit 44% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Andere Arbeiten von Jan van Call the Elder haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von GBP 3.750,00 (€ 4.285,03) im Juli 2013 für die Arbeit View Of The Harbour Of Alexandria, Egypt beobachtet.

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