Jan Van Kessel The Elder
Garden And House Spiders With Grass Snakes And Caterpillars Contorted And Entwined To Spell The Artist'S Name; A Sprig Of Redcurrants With An Elephant Hawk Moth, A Ladybird, A Millipede And Other Insects
Estimate: 500.000 - 800.000 GBP
Price realised: 542.500 GBP
Price realised: 542.500 GBP
Description
Jan van Kessel the Elder
ANTWERP 1626 - 1679
GARDEN AND HOUSE SPIDERS WITH GRASS SNAKES AND CATERPILLARS CONTORTED AND ENTWINED TO SPELL THE ARTIST'S NAME; A SPRIG OF REDCURRANTS WITH AN ELEPHANT HAWK MOTH, A LADYBIRD, A MILLIPEDE AND OTHER INSECTS
Quantity: 2
one signed centre (with the bugs and animals): JoAn vAn/ Kessel and dated lower right: Fecit. Anno. 1657
a pair, both oil on copper
With William Hallsborough Gallery, London, 1956; no. II; | With David Koetser, Zurich, circa 1976-80; | Private collection; | With Johnny Van Haeften, London; | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008.
ANTWERP 1626 - 1679
GARDEN AND HOUSE SPIDERS WITH GRASS SNAKES AND CATERPILLARS CONTORTED AND ENTWINED TO SPELL THE ARTIST'S NAME; A SPRIG OF REDCURRANTS WITH AN ELEPHANT HAWK MOTH, A LADYBIRD, A MILLIPEDE AND OTHER INSECTS
Quantity: 2
one signed centre (with the bugs and animals): JoAn vAn/ Kessel and dated lower right: Fecit. Anno. 1657
a pair, both oil on copper
With William Hallsborough Gallery, London, 1956; no. II; | With David Koetser, Zurich, circa 1976-80; | Private collection; | With Johnny Van Haeften, London; | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008.
A top price for Jan van Kessel I - as previously expected
The work Garden And House Spiders With Grass Snakes And Caterpillars Contorted And Entwined To Spell The Artist'S Name; A Sprig Of Redcurrants With An Elephant Hawk Moth, A Ladybird, A Millipede And Other Insects by Jan van Kessel I was sold in the Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale auction at Sothebys in London in December 2014. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 500,000.00 – 800,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 542,500.00 (€ 698,377.41) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Garden And House Spiders With Grass Snakes And Caterpillars Contorted And Entwined To Spell The Artist'S Name; A Sprig Of Redcurrants With An Elephant Hawk Moth, A Ladybird, A Millipede And Other Insects is the most expensive artwork by Jan van Kessel I that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit Garden And House Spiders With Grass Snakes And Caterpillars Contorted And Entwined To Spell The Artist'S Name; A Sprig Of Redcurrants With An Elephant Hawk Moth, A Ladybird, A Millipede And Other Insects von Jan van Kessel I wurde im Dezember 2014 in der Auktion Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 500.000,00 – 800.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 542.500,00 (€ 698.377,41) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Garden And House Spiders With Grass Snakes And Caterpillars Contorted And Entwined To Spell The Artist'S Name; A Sprig Of Redcurrants With An Elephant Hawk Moth, A Ladybird, A Millipede And Other Insects das teuerste Kunstwerk von Jan van Kessel I, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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