Jean Petitot, The Elder
Portrait Of A Nobleman, Traditionally Identified As Louis De Bourbon, Prince De Condé
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III, Lot 232
5. Dec - 5. Dec 2019
The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III, Lot 232
5. Dec - 5. Dec 2019
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 16.250 GBP
Price realised: 16.250 GBP
Description
JEAN PETITOT, THE ELDER
Geneva 1607 - 1691 Vevey
PORTRAIT OF A NOBLEMAN, TRADITIONALLY IDENTIFIED AS LOUIS DE BOURBON, PRINCE DE CONDÉ
Enamel, heightened with gold, mounted in a gold octagonal shaped snuff-box, the border decorated with filigree scroll-work
The miniature: 41 by 34 mm.; The box width: 81 mm.
Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (d. 1968), Dublin; | his sale, London, Sotheby's, 17 June 1963, lot 293; | sale, Geneva, Sotheby's, 6 May 1981, lot 32
Geneva 1607 - 1691 Vevey
PORTRAIT OF A NOBLEMAN, TRADITIONALLY IDENTIFIED AS LOUIS DE BOURBON, PRINCE DE CONDÉ
Enamel, heightened with gold, mounted in a gold octagonal shaped snuff-box, the border decorated with filigree scroll-work
The miniature: 41 by 34 mm.; The box width: 81 mm.
Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (d. 1968), Dublin; | his sale, London, Sotheby's, 17 June 1963, lot 293; | sale, Geneva, Sotheby's, 6 May 1981, lot 32
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Jean Petitot the Elder achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in December 2019. In the The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III auction, the work Portrait Of A Nobleman, Traditionally Identified As Louis De Bourbon, Prince De Condé sold for GBP 16,250 (€ 19,206) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 6,000. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Jean Petitot the Elder; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot sold at auction in July 2018 with the realized price of GBP 20,000 (€ 22,424).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Jean Petitot the Elder erzielte im Dezember 2019 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III wurde die Arbeit Portrait Of A Nobleman, Traditionally Identified As Louis De Bourbon, Prince De Condé für GBP 16.250 (€ 19.206) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 6.000. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Jean Petitot the Elder; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit im Juli 2018 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 20.000 (€ 22.424).
Jean Petitot the Elder - Auction history
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