Jean-Antoine Watteau

La Lorgneuse

Found at Christies, London
Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale, Lot 25
09.Jul - 09.Jul.2015
Estimate: 300.000 - 500.000 GBP
Price realised: 782.500 GBP
oil on panel, unframed
12 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. (32.6 x 23.8 cm.)
Jean de Jullienne (1686-1766), Paris. | Germain-Louis Chauvelin, Marquis de Grosbois (1685-1762), ministre d’état, commandeur des ordres du roi & ancien garde des sceaux; his sale, Hôtel de M. Chauvelin, Paris, 21 June 1762,lot 27 as one of a pair, with L’Accord parfait:‘Deux agréables Tableaux, peints sur bois, par Antoine Watteau; ils portent chacun 12 pouces de haut, sur 9 pouces de large. On les trouve gravés sous les titres de La Lorgneuse & de l’Accord parfait, le premier par S

Upper estimate price exceeded by 57 %.

The work La Lorgneuse by Jean-Antoine Watteau was sold in the Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale auction at Christies in London in July 2015. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 782,500.00 (€ 1,109,322.18), 57% above the upper 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).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 57 % übertroffen

Die Arbeit La Lorgneuse von Jean-Antoine Watteau wurde im Juli 2015 in der Auktion Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale bei Christies in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 782.500,00 (€ 1.109.322,18) und damit 57% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. 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).

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