Jean-Baptiste Greuze
‘Le Petit Mathématicien’
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Old Master Paintings and Portrait Miniatures, Lot 449
28. Apr - 28. Apr 2021
Old Master Paintings and Portrait Miniatures, Lot 449
28. Apr - 28. Apr 2021
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 GBP
Price realised: 47.880 GBP
Price realised: 47.880 GBP
Description
Property from a Private Collection, Japan
Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Tournus 1725 - 1805 Paris
‘Le Petit Mathématicien’
oil on canvas
unframed: 46.2 x 38.3 cm.; 18¼ x 15⅛ in.
framed: 84 x 76 cm.; 33 x 29⅞ in.
Probably Count Nicolas Demidoff (1773–1828), Villa San Donato, Florence; | Thence by descent to his son, Anatole N. Demidoff, Prince of San Donato (1812–1870), Villa San Donato, Florence; | His sale (‘Collections de San Donato’), Paris, Pillet, 26 February 1870, lot 114 (‘L'Etude’); | Count Potocki, Warsaw; | Prince Yousoupoff, Saint Petersburg, before 1905; | With Wildenstein, Buenos Aires, by 1946; | From whom purchased, in 1948
Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Tournus 1725 - 1805 Paris
‘Le Petit Mathématicien’
oil on canvas
unframed: 46.2 x 38.3 cm.; 18¼ x 15⅛ in.
framed: 84 x 76 cm.; 33 x 29⅞ in.
Probably Count Nicolas Demidoff (1773–1828), Villa San Donato, Florence; | Thence by descent to his son, Anatole N. Demidoff, Prince of San Donato (1812–1870), Villa San Donato, Florence; | His sale (‘Collections de San Donato’), Paris, Pillet, 26 February 1870, lot 114 (‘L'Etude’); | Count Potocki, Warsaw; | Prince Yousoupoff, Saint Petersburg, before 1905; | With Wildenstein, Buenos Aires, by 1946; | From whom purchased, in 1948
Auction result well in line with expectations
In April 2021 Sothebys in London held the auction Old Master Paintings and Portrait Miniatures, which included the work ‘Le Petit Mathématicien’ by Jean-Baptiste Greuze. It changed hands for a price of GBP 47,880.00 (€ 55,075.93) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 30,000.00 – 50,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Jean-Baptiste Greuze achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Hermit, Or The Distributor Of Rosaries in February 2013 with an auction result of USD 1,082,500.00 (€ 827,662.67).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im April 2021 führte Sothebys in London die Auktion Old Master Paintings and Portrait Miniatures durch, in der auch die Arbeit ‘Le Petit Mathématicien’ von Jean-Baptiste Greuze zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 47.880,00 (€ 55.075,93) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 30.000,00 – 50.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Jean-Baptiste Greuze erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Hermit, Or The Distributor Of Rosaries im Februar 2013 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 1.082.500,00 (€ 827.662,67).
Jean-Baptiste Greuze - Auction history
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