Jean Antoine Watteau
Study Of Two Soldiers, One Kneeling, One Lying Down
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 USD
Price realised: 197.000 USD
Price realised: 197.000 USD
Description
Jean Antoine Watteau
VALENCIENNES 1684 - 1721 NOGENT-SUR-MARNE
STUDY OF TWO SOLDIERS, ONE KNEELING, ONE LYING DOWN
Red chalk within black ink framing lines;
bears inscription lower left in brown ink: Vateau
130 by 153 mm; 5 1/8 by 6 in
'Monsieur F,' | his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 16 March 1863, lot 127; | Jean Gigoux (1806-1894), | his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 21-23 January 1873, lot 293; | Camille Groult (1837-1908), Paris, | by descent to his son, Jean Groult (1868-1951), | and to his grandson Pierre Bordeaux-Groult (1916-2007), | from whom acquired by the present owner in 1983
VALENCIENNES 1684 - 1721 NOGENT-SUR-MARNE
STUDY OF TWO SOLDIERS, ONE KNEELING, ONE LYING DOWN
Red chalk within black ink framing lines;
bears inscription lower left in brown ink: Vateau
130 by 153 mm; 5 1/8 by 6 in
'Monsieur F,' | his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 16 March 1863, lot 127; | Jean Gigoux (1806-1894), | his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 21-23 January 1873, lot 293; | Camille Groult (1837-1908), Paris, | by descent to his son, Jean Groult (1868-1951), | and to his grandson Pierre Bordeaux-Groult (1916-2007), | from whom acquired by the present owner in 1983
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work Study Of Two Soldiers, One Kneeling, One Lying Down by Jean-Antoine Watteau was worth USD 197,000.00 (€ 174,490.70) to a buyer in January 2015. This price was achieved in the auction Old Master Drawings at Sothebys in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 60,000.00 many times over. 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).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Study Of Two Soldiers, One Kneeling, One Lying Down von Jean-Antoine Watteau war einem Käufer im Januar 2015 USD 197.000,00 (€ 174.490,70) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Old Master Drawings bei Sothebys in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 60.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. 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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