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- Portrait Of Mrs. Fisher, Wife Of The Bishop Of Salisbury, Half-Length, Wearing An Elaborately Ruffled White Dress Trimmed With Blue Ribbons
John Downman, A.R.A.
Portrait Of Mrs. Fisher, Wife Of The Bishop Of Salisbury, Half-Length, Wearing An Elaborately Ruffled White Dress Trimmed With Blue Ribbons
Found at
Christies,
London
Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours, Lot 170
9. Dec - 9. Dec 2015
Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours, Lot 170
9. Dec - 9. Dec 2015
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
signed and dated 'J. Downman/1788' (lower right), and inscribed and dated 'Mrs Fisher. 1788. Original/ The Wife of my good friend Dr. Fisher/ Canon of Windsor./ I drew two of her, and the Dr. who/ became Bishop of Salisbury' (on the page of the sitters' book), and numbered '17' (upper right, overmounted)
pencil, stump and watercolour, oval; laid down on the page of the artist's sitters' book
8 3/8 x 7 in. (21.2 x 17.8 cm.)
Stuart Samuels, M.P. | Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 November 1991, lot 38, where purchased by the present owner.
pencil, stump and watercolour, oval; laid down on the page of the artist's sitters' book
8 3/8 x 7 in. (21.2 x 17.8 cm.)
Stuart Samuels, M.P. | Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 November 1991, lot 38, where purchased by the present owner.
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Portrait Of Mrs. Fisher, Wife Of The Bishop Of Salisbury, Half-Length, Wearing An Elaborately Ruffled White Dress Trimmed With Blue Ribbons by John Downman was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2015, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of GBP 2,000.00 – 3,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for GBP 1,875.00 (€ 2,546.16). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by John Downman achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Portrait Of Henry Frederick Bouverie And His Sister in January 2007 with an auction result of USD 96,000.00 (€ 73,857.52).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Portrait Of Mrs. Fisher, Wife Of The Bishop Of Salisbury, Half-Length, Wearing An Elaborately Ruffled White Dress Trimmed With Blue Ribbons von John Downman im Dezember 2015 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 2.000,00 – 3.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für GBP 1.875,00 (€ 2.546,16) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von John Downman erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Portrait Of Henry Frederick Bouverie And His Sister im Januar 2007 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 96.000,00 (€ 73.857,52).
