Johann Heinrich Hurter
Unknown
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 1.875 GBP
Price realised: 1.875 GBP
Description
JOHANN HEINRICH HURTER (SWISS, 1734-1799)
Ann Edwards, née Pryce, in light grey dress with lace collar, sapphire-set brooch at corsage, pearl necklace, powdered hair; together with a gentleman presumed to be her husband, Lewis Edwards (d. 1797), in burgundy coat, ochre waistcoat, white cravat, powdered hair
enamels
ovals, each 1 7/8 in. (46 mm.) high, the former in gilt-metal fausse-montre frame with blue glass surround, the glazed reverse set with seed-pearl initials AE surrounded by further intials ME, AE, PE and FE, laurel leaf below, on plaited hair and with blue glass surround; the latter in gilt-metal frame with hair and blue glass reverse
Together with a string of rose quartz beads, purportedly worn by the sitter (2)
Ann Edwards, née Pryce, in light grey dress with lace collar, sapphire-set brooch at corsage, pearl necklace, powdered hair; together with a gentleman presumed to be her husband, Lewis Edwards (d. 1797), in burgundy coat, ochre waistcoat, white cravat, powdered hair
enamels
ovals, each 1 7/8 in. (46 mm.) high, the former in gilt-metal fausse-montre frame with blue glass surround, the glazed reverse set with seed-pearl initials AE surrounded by further intials ME, AE, PE and FE, laurel leaf below, on plaited hair and with blue glass surround; the latter in gilt-metal frame with hair and blue glass reverse
Together with a string of rose quartz beads, purportedly worn by the sitter (2)
Auction result misses estimated price range
This work of art by Johann Heinrich Hurter could be acquired at Christies in London in July 2012 for an unexpectedly low price. In the Christie's Interiors - Style and Spirit auction, the work Unknown changed hands for GBP 1,875.00 (€ 2,388.25) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of GBP 3,000.00 – 5,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Johann Heinrich Hurter achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work A young lady called Mary Nesbitt (1735-1825) as Innocence, facing left over her left shoulder in white dress with yellow-bordered scarf, matching ribbon in her upswept powdered curled hair, her left hand clasping a dove; cloudy sky background in April 2002 with an auction result of GBP 30,550.00 (€ 49,429.1
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Dieses Kunstwerk von Johann Heinrich Hurter konnte im Juli 2012 bei Christies in London für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion Christie's Interiors - Style and Spirit wechselte die Arbeit Unknown für GBP 1.875,00 (€ 2.388,25) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 3.000,00 – 5.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Johann Heinrich Hurter erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit A young lady called Mary Nesbitt (1735-1825) as Innocence, facing left over her left shoulder in white dress with yellow-bordered scarf, matching ribbon in her upswept powdered curled hair, her left hand clasping a dove; cloudy sky background im April 2002 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 30.550,00 (€ 49.429,10).
Johann Heinrich Hurter - Auction history
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