John Christian Schetky
The battle of the Saintes, 12th April 1782
Estimate: 25.000 - 35.000 GBP
Price realised: 31.700 GBP
Price realised: 31.700 GBP
Description
John Christian Schetky (1778-1874)
The battle of the Saintes, 12th April 1782
signed and dated 'J.C. Schetky 1863.' (lower left) and further signed, inscribed and dated 'Lord Rodney's glorious victory over/the French Fleet/under the command/of the Count de Grace [sic]/off the island/of Guadeloupe on 12th of April 1782./representation of the moment of/breaking the French line of battle/J.C. Schetky/Marine painter in ordinary to Her Most Gracious Majesty/Queen Victoria/no 11 Kent Terrace/Regent's Park' (under the mount)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white
14¼ x 26¼ in. (35.5 x 66.7 cm.)
The battle of the Saintes, 12th April 1782
signed and dated 'J.C. Schetky 1863.' (lower left) and further signed, inscribed and dated 'Lord Rodney's glorious victory over/the French Fleet/under the command/of the Count de Grace [sic]/off the island/of Guadeloupe on 12th of April 1782./representation of the moment of/breaking the French line of battle/J.C. Schetky/Marine painter in ordinary to Her Most Gracious Majesty/Queen Victoria/no 11 Kent Terrace/Regent's Park' (under the mount)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white
14¼ x 26¼ in. (35.5 x 66.7 cm.)
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work The battle of the Saintes, 12th April 1782 by John Christian Schetky was sold in the Important Maritime Art auction at Christies in London in October 2007. The price achieved of GBP 31,700.00 (€ 45,523.29) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 25,000.00 – 35,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by John Christian Schetky - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Lord Belfast's yacht Emily hove-to for her owner to come aboard, off the Belem Tower, at the mouth of the Tagus, Lisbon, which sold at auction in October 2007 for GBP 96,500.00 (€ 138,580.35).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit The battle of the Saintes, 12th April 1782 von John Christian Schetky wurde im Oktober 2007 in der Auktion Important Maritime Art bei Christies in London versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 31.700,00 (€ 45.523,29) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 25.000,00 – 35.000,00 angegeben worden. Für andere Arbeiten von John Christian Schetky mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Lord Belfast's yacht Emily hove-to for her owner to come aboard, off the Belem Tower, at the mouth of the Tagus, Lisbon beobachtet, die im Oktober 2007 für GBP 96.500,00 (€ 138.580,35) versteigert wurde.
John Christian Schetky - Auction history
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