John Michael Wright
Portrait of John Dryden (1631-1700), Poet And Dramatist, Half-Length, In A Black Coat And White Shirt With Gold Fastenings, In A Sculpted Cartouche With A Laurel Leaf Wreath
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 GBP
Price realised: 156.500 GBP
Price realised: 156.500 GBP
Description
John Michael Wright (London 1617-1694)
Portrait of John Dryden (1631-1700), poet and dramatist, half-length, in a black coat and white shirt with gold fastenings, in a sculpted cartouche with a laurel leaf wreath
indistinctly inscribed on the sculpted cartouche 'Pastores Hedera -- Virgil Lauro cinge -- Horatius plurima Quercus eat Martialis. Par omnibus Vnus. Hederis et imagine macra Juvenal[?] Hac mixta Viridis -- Quercus constringent Oliva Ovidius. Tua manus induit P.... Silvius.' (lower left to lower right), and with inventory number 'No 32' (lower left)
oil on canvas
30¼ x 25 in. (76.8 x 63.5 cm.)
Portrait of John Dryden (1631-1700), poet and dramatist, half-length, in a black coat and white shirt with gold fastenings, in a sculpted cartouche with a laurel leaf wreath
indistinctly inscribed on the sculpted cartouche 'Pastores Hedera -- Virgil Lauro cinge -- Horatius plurima Quercus eat Martialis. Par omnibus Vnus. Hederis et imagine macra Juvenal[?] Hac mixta Viridis -- Quercus constringent Oliva Ovidius. Tua manus induit P.... Silvius.' (lower left to lower right), and with inventory number 'No 32' (lower left)
oil on canvas
30¼ x 25 in. (76.8 x 63.5 cm.)
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
The work Portrait of John Dryden (1631-1700), Poet And Dramatist, Half-Length, In A Black Coat And White Shirt With Gold Fastenings, In A Sculpted Cartouche With A Laurel Leaf Wreath by John Michael Wright was worth GBP 156,500.00 (€ 199,515.38) to a buyer in April 2008. This price was achieved in the auction Old Masterand British Pictures at Christies in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 50,000.00 many times over. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by John Michael Wright - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A Highland Chieftain: Portrait of Lord Mungo Murray (1668-1700), full-length, in highland dress, holding a flintlock sporting gun in his right hand, a gilt-hilt ribbon basket sword at his left side, in a landscape with a flock of wild goats beyond, which sold at auction in June 2000 for GBP 322,750.00 (€ 511,598.48)
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Portrait of John Dryden (1631-1700), Poet And Dramatist, Half-Length, In A Black Coat And White Shirt With Gold Fastenings, In A Sculpted Cartouche With A Laurel Leaf Wreath von John Michael Wright war einem Käufer im April 2008 GBP 156.500,00 (€ 199.515,38) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Old Masterand British Pictures bei Christies in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 50.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Für andere Arbeiten von John Michael Wright mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A Highland Chieftain: Portrait of Lord Mungo Murray (1668-1700), full-length, in highland dress, holding a flintlock sporting gun in his right hand, a gilt-hilt ribbon basket sword at his left side, in a landscape with a flock of wild goats beyond beobachtet, die im Juni 2000 für GBP 322.750,00 (€ 511.598,48) verste
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