Jean-Antoine Laurent
A young lady, full length holding an olive branch, standing before a tree in a wooded landscape; in white dress sprigged with blue flowers, fichu stole, lace-bordered white bonnet with blue ribbon in her curling powdered hair; foliate background with
Found at
Christies,
London
Important Gold Boxes, Objects of Vertu and Portrait, Lot 96
10. Dec - 10. Dec 2002
Important Gold Boxes, Objects of Vertu and Portrait, Lot 96
10. Dec - 10. Dec 2002
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 4.780 GBP
Price realised: 4.780 GBP
Description
JEAN-ANTOINE LAURENT (1763-1832)
A young lady, full length holding an olive branch, standing before a tree in a wooded landscape; in white dress sprigged with blue flowers, fichu stole, lace-bordered white bonnet with blue ribbon in her curling powdered hair; foliate background with wooden punt on a river
signed with initial 'L' (mid-right)
rectangular, 7 x 5 3/8 in. (176 x 134 mm.), later ormolu frame with outer beaded border and pierced ribbon and tie surmount
A young lady, full length holding an olive branch, standing before a tree in a wooded landscape; in white dress sprigged with blue flowers, fichu stole, lace-bordered white bonnet with blue ribbon in her curling powdered hair; foliate background with wooden punt on a river
signed with initial 'L' (mid-right)
rectangular, 7 x 5 3/8 in. (176 x 134 mm.), later ormolu frame with outer beaded border and pierced ribbon and tie surmount
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work A young lady, full length holding an olive branch, standing before a tree in a wooded landscape; in white dress sprigged with blue flowers, fichu stole, lace-bordered white bonnet with blue ribbon in her curling powdered hair; foliate background with by Jean-Antoine Laurent was sold in the Important Gold Boxes, Objects of Vertu and Portrait auction at Christies in London in December 2002. The price achieved of GBP 4,780.00 (€ 7,337.54) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 4,000.00 – 6,000.00. Admittedly, works by Jean-Antoine Laurent have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work [The artist's daughters as young girls: the elder in green bordered loose white dress with green ribbon bow and long curling fair hair, seated on a wooden chair strewn with pink roses and leaves and pink roses and leaves in her lap; the younger gi
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit A young lady, full length holding an olive branch, standing before a tree in a wooded landscape; in white dress sprigged with blue flowers, fichu stole, lace-bordered white bonnet with blue ribbon in her curling powdered hair; foliate background with von Jean-Antoine Laurent wurde im Dezember 2002 in der Auktion Important Gold Boxes, Objects of Vertu and Portrait bei Christies in London versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 4.780,00 (€ 7.337,54) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 4.000,00 – 6.000,00 angegeben worden. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Jean-Antoine Laurent auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit [The artist's daughters as young girls: the elder in green bordered loose white dress with green ribbon bow and long curling fair hair, seated on a wooden chair strewn with pink roses and leaves and
Jean-Antoine Laurent - Auction history
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