Jan Vermeulen
Vanitas Still Life: Skull With An Ivy Wreath, A Crown, Money Bags, An Hourglass And A Book Of Sheet Music, Pearls And Other Objects On A Stone Plinth
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture, Lot 149
1. Feb - 1. Feb 2013
Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture, Lot 149
1. Feb - 1. Feb 2013
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 USD
Price realised: 98.500 USD
Price realised: 98.500 USD
Description
Jan Vermeulen
ACTIVE IN HAARLEM BEFORE 1652 - IN OR AFTER 1655
VANITAS STILL LIFE: SKULL WITH AN IVY WREATH, A CROWN, MONEY BAGS, AN HOURGLASS AND A BOOK OF SHEET MUSIC, PEARLS AND OTHER OBJECTS ON A STONE PLINTH
signed, upper right: J. V. Meulen. and dated on the sheet music, lower right: 1654
inscribed on two sheets of paper: MORS / OMNIA / VINCIT (Death Conquers All); and VANITAS / VANITATUM / ET OMNIA / VANITAS (Ecclesiastes 1:2, Vanity of Vanities, all is Vanity)
oil on panel
With William R. Drown, London; | With Bengt Rapp, Stockholm, 1958; | Ponce Museum of Art, Puerto Rico, accession no. 65.0536, by 1965; | Anonymous sale ("Property of an Institution"), New York, Christie's, 18 May 1994, lot 71; | There purchased by the present collector.
ACTIVE IN HAARLEM BEFORE 1652 - IN OR AFTER 1655
VANITAS STILL LIFE: SKULL WITH AN IVY WREATH, A CROWN, MONEY BAGS, AN HOURGLASS AND A BOOK OF SHEET MUSIC, PEARLS AND OTHER OBJECTS ON A STONE PLINTH
signed, upper right: J. V. Meulen. and dated on the sheet music, lower right: 1654
inscribed on two sheets of paper: MORS / OMNIA / VINCIT (Death Conquers All); and VANITAS / VANITATUM / ET OMNIA / VANITAS (Ecclesiastes 1:2, Vanity of Vanities, all is Vanity)
oil on panel
With William R. Drown, London; | With Bengt Rapp, Stockholm, 1958; | Ponce Museum of Art, Puerto Rico, accession no. 65.0536, by 1965; | Anonymous sale ("Property of an Institution"), New York, Christie's, 18 May 1994, lot 71; | There purchased by the present collector.
A top price for Jan Vermeulen
The work Vanitas Still Life: Skull With An Ivy Wreath, A Crown, Money Bags, An Hourglass And A Book Of Sheet Music, Pearls And Other Objects On A Stone Plinth by Jan Vermeulen was sold in the Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture auction at Sothebys in New York in February 2013. It achieved a price of USD 98,500.00 (€ 75,311.57), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 23%. With this result, Vanitas Still Life: Skull With An Ivy Wreath, A Crown, Money Bags, An Hourglass And A Book Of Sheet Music, Pearls And Other Objects On A Stone Plinth is even the most expensive work of art by Jan Vermeulen that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Jan Vermeulen
Die Arbeit Vanitas Still Life: Skull With An Ivy Wreath, A Crown, Money Bags, An Hourglass And A Book Of Sheet Music, Pearls And Other Objects On A Stone Plinth von Jan Vermeulen wurde im Februar 2013 in der Auktion Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture bei Sothebys in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 98.500,00 (€ 75.311,57) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 23%. Mit diesem Ergebnis ist Vanitas Still Life: Skull With An Ivy Wreath, A Crown, Money Bags, An Hourglass And A Book Of Sheet Music, Pearls And Other Objects On A Stone Plinth sogar das teuerste Kunstwerk von Jan Vermeulen, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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