Joseph Mendes da Costa
Jan Steen
Found at
Christies,
Amsterdam
Twentieth Century Art including Belgian Art, Lot 151
3. Jun - 3. Jun 2003
Twentieth Century Art including Belgian Art, Lot 151
3. Jun - 3. Jun 2003
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 EUR
Price realised: 17.925 EUR
Price realised: 17.925 EUR
Description
Joseph Mendes da Costa (1863-1939)
Jan Steen
signed with monogram and dated '1911' (on the base) and inscribed with title (on the side of the base) and inscribed with foundry mark 'fonderie natle de bronzes/J Petermann/St Gilles-Bruxelles' (along the edge of the base)
bronze
35 cm. high (incl. bronze base)
Conceived in 1911 and cast in an edition of circa twelve.
Jan Steen
signed with monogram and dated '1911' (on the base) and inscribed with title (on the side of the base) and inscribed with foundry mark 'fonderie natle de bronzes/J Petermann/St Gilles-Bruxelles' (along the edge of the base)
bronze
35 cm. high (incl. bronze base)
Conceived in 1911 and cast in an edition of circa twelve.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 49 %.
The work Jan Steen by Joseph Mendes da Costa was sold in the Twentieth Century Art including Belgian Art auction at Christies in Amsterdam in June 2003. It achieved a price of EUR 17,925.00 exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 49 %. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Joseph Mendes da Costa - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Woman with child, which sold at auction in December 2001 for EUR 52,875.00.
Oberer Schätzpreis um 49 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Jan Steen von Joseph Mendes da Costa wurde im Juni 2003 in der Auktion Twentieth Century Art including Belgian Art bei Christies in Amsterdam versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von EUR 17.925,00 und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 49 %. Für andere Arbeiten von Joseph Mendes da Costa mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Woman with child beobachtet, die im Dezember 2001 für EUR 52.875,00 versteigert wurde.
Joseph Mendes da Costa - Auction history
Other artists in this auction
