Johann Heinrich Von Hurter
Portrait Of A Lady
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III, Lot 256
5. Dec - 5. Dec 2019
The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III, Lot 256
5. Dec - 5. Dec 2019
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 10.625 GBP
Price realised: 10.625 GBP
Description
JOHANN HEINRICH VON HURTER
Schaffhausen 1734 - 1799 Dusselorf
PORTRAIT OF A LADY
Enamel on copper, gold frame;
signed and dated centre left: İHHurter / 78
85 by 55 mm.
David David-Weill (d. 1952), by 1936; | with Wildenstein, Paris, by whom sold to; | Sir Charles Clore (d. 1979), London, by 1965; | his executor's sale, London, Sotheby's, 17 March 1986, lot 195
Schaffhausen 1734 - 1799 Dusselorf
PORTRAIT OF A LADY
Enamel on copper, gold frame;
signed and dated centre left: İHHurter / 78
85 by 55 mm.
David David-Weill (d. 1952), by 1936; | with Wildenstein, Paris, by whom sold to; | Sir Charles Clore (d. 1979), London, by 1965; | his executor's sale, London, Sotheby's, 17 March 1986, lot 195
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Portrait Of A Lady by Johann Heinrich Hurter was auctioned at Sothebys in London in December 2019, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 3,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 10,625.00 (€ 12,557.51). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Johann Heinrich Hurter - we have observed the highest auction result to date for 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, which sold at auction in April 2002 for GBP 30,550.00 (€ 49,429.10).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Portrait Of A Lady von Johann Heinrich Hurter im Dezember 2019 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 3.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 10.625,00 (€ 12.557,51) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Johann Heinrich Hurter mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für 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 beobachtet, die im April 2002 für GBP 30.550,00 (€ 49.429,10) versteigert wurde.
Johann Heinrich Hurter - Auction history
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