John Vanderbank
Portrait head study of Don Quixote
Found at
Christies,
London
Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours, Lot 96
03.Jul - 03.Jul.2018
Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours, Lot 96
03.Jul - 03.Jul.2018
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 3.500 GBP
Price realised: 3.500 GBP
Description
signed 'Jn o V 1739' (lower right) and with inscription '...bank/ Study for Portrait of Done Quixot' (lower centre, on the mount, in the hand of Horace Walpole according to a later inscription) and with further inscription 'Dr. Oldfield/ An Ideal Study for the Portrait of Don Quixot. by John Vanderbank' (verso)
pen and brown ink
8 ½ x 6 ¾ in. (21.5 x 17.2 cm.)
Willam Bates (L.2604).
pen and brown ink
8 ½ x 6 ¾ in. (21.5 x 17.2 cm.)
Willam Bates (L.2604).
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
The work Portrait head study of Don Quixote by John Vanderbank was auctioned at Christies in London in July 2018. It achieved a price of GBP 3,500.00 (€ 3,924.27), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 17%. Admittedly, works by John Vanderbank have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Mary, Countess of Delorain (1705-1737), three-quarter length, in a white dress by an orange tree, a landscape beyond in July 2018 with an auction result of GBP 35,000.00 (€ 39,242.70).
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Die Arbeit Portrait head study of Don Quixote von John Vanderbank kam im Juli 2018 bei Christies in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 3.500,00 (€ 3.924,27) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 17%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von John Vanderbank auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Mary, Countess of Delorain (1705-1737), three-quarter length, in a white dress by an orange tree, a landscape beyond im Juli 2018 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 35.000,00 (€ 39.242,70).
John Vanderbank - Auction history
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