John Brett, A.R.A.
Portrait Of Arthur Brett
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Lot 2
10. Dec - 10. Dec 2019
Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art, Lot 2
10. Dec - 10. Dec 2019
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 GBP
Price realised: 68.750 GBP
Price realised: 68.750 GBP
Description
JOHN BRETT, A.R.A.
1831-1902
PORTRAIT OF ARTHUR BRETT
titled, signed and dated l.l.: Portrait of Arthur/ John Brett/ March 1859; bears an inscription on the reverse; Lt Colonel Arthur Brett as a young man Queens Bay... painted by his brother John Brett ARA
oil on canvas
49 by 41cm., 19 by 16in.
By descent through the artist’s family
1831-1902
PORTRAIT OF ARTHUR BRETT
titled, signed and dated l.l.: Portrait of Arthur/ John Brett/ March 1859; bears an inscription on the reverse; Lt Colonel Arthur Brett as a young man Queens Bay... painted by his brother John Brett ARA
oil on canvas
49 by 41cm., 19 by 16in.
By descent through the artist’s family
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Portrait Of Arthur Brett by John Brett 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 15,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 68,750.00 (€ 81,254.45). However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by John Brett - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Pearly Summer, which sold at auction in February 2003 for GBP 144,150.00 (€ 210,454.45).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Portrait Of Arthur Brett von John Brett 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 15.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 68.750,00 (€ 81.254,45) mehr als viermal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von John Brett mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Pearly Summer beobachtet, die im Februar 2003 für GBP 144.150,00 (€ 210.454,45) versteigert wurde.
John Brett - Auction history
