Jean Antoine Watteau
Head Of A Young Woman
Estimate: 25.000 - 35.000 GBP
Price realised: 27.500 GBP
Price realised: 27.500 GBP
Description
Jean Antoine Watteau
VALENCIENNES 1684 - 1721 NOGENT-SUR-MARNE
HEAD OF A YOUNG WOMAN
Black and red chalk with touches of white heightening (partly oxidised);
bears numbering in brown ink, top left: 36
69 by 60 mm
Prince Lobanoff-Rostovsky (according to label on back of frame); | Pierre Defer (1798-1870), Paris (L.739), | by inheritance to his son-in-law Henri Dumesnil (1823-1898), | his sale, Paris, Hotel Drouot, 10-12 May 1900, lot 217 (1.950 francs, to Danlos); | private collection, England
VALENCIENNES 1684 - 1721 NOGENT-SUR-MARNE
HEAD OF A YOUNG WOMAN
Black and red chalk with touches of white heightening (partly oxidised);
bears numbering in brown ink, top left: 36
69 by 60 mm
Prince Lobanoff-Rostovsky (according to label on back of frame); | Pierre Defer (1798-1870), Paris (L.739), | by inheritance to his son-in-law Henri Dumesnil (1823-1898), | his sale, Paris, Hotel Drouot, 10-12 May 1900, lot 217 (1.950 francs, to Danlos); | private collection, England
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Head Of A Young Woman by Jean-Antoine Watteau was sold in the Old Master & British Works on Paper auction at Sothebys in London in July 2019. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 25,000.00 – 35,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 27,500.00 (€ 30,193.17) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Jean-Antoine Watteau achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work La Surprise: A couple embracing while a figure dressed as Mezzetin tunes a guitar in July 2008 with an auction result of GBP 12,361,250.00 (€ 15,705,107.29).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Head Of A Young Woman von Jean-Antoine Watteau wurde im Juli 2019 in der Auktion Old Master & British Works on Paper bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 25.000,00 – 35.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 27.500,00 (€ 30.193,17) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Jean-Antoine Watteau erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit La Surprise: A couple embracing while a figure dressed as Mezzetin tunes a guitar im Juli 2008 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 12.361.250,00 (€ 15.705.107,29).
Jean-Antoine Watteau - Auction history
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