Joachim Wtewael

The Dutch maiden leading the Prince of Orange to battle

Found at Christies, London
Classic Art Evening Sale: Antiquity to 20th Century, Lot 41
29.Jul - 29.Jul.2020
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 GBP
Price realised: 563.250 GBP
signed ‘Jo Wte/ Wael’ (lower right) and numbered (?) ‘12’ (lower right, outside the framing line)
pen and two shades of grey ink, grey wash, heightened with white, pen and grey ink framing lines, watermark HVW
7 ½ x 9 5/8 in. (19.2 x 24.4 cm.)
Art market, London, probably 1960s, and by descent to the present owner.

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

When the work The Dutch maiden leading the Prince of Orange to battle by Joachim Wtewael was auctioned at Christies in London in July 2020, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 150,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 563,250.00 (€ 628,262.46). Admittedly, works by Joachim Wtewael have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan in July 2012 with an auction result of GBP 4,633,250.00 (€ 5,901,515.18).

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit The Dutch maiden leading the Prince of Orange to battle von Joachim Wtewael im Juli 2020 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 150.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 563.250,00 (€ 628.262,46) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Joachim Wtewael auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan im Juli 2012 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 4.633.250,00 (€ 5.901.515,18).

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