Karel Van Mander The Elder
'When Your Plate Is Empty, You Eat Bones Not Bacon'
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Old Master Drawings, Lot 562
26. Jan - 26. Jan 2011
Old Master Drawings, Lot 562
26. Jan - 26. Jan 2011
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Karel van Mander the Elder
MEULEBEKE NEAR COURTRAI 1548 - 1606 AMSTERDAM
'WHEN YOUR PLATE IS EMPTY, YOU EAT BONES NOT BACON'
Pen and brown ink and gray wash heightened with white (partly oxidized) over traces of black chalk, within a drawn frame;
monogrammed in black chalk: K v M, and inscribed in brown ink: Een ydel buydel maecket hert t'onvreden / den tyt voorleden, moeten wy beclaghen / doen wy van het speck al te diepe sneden / t hammegen is op wij t hieltgen knaghen.
255 by 173 mm; 10 by 6 3/4 in
Jacobus A. Klaver (his mark on the mount; not in Lugt), | his sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 10 May 1994, lot 6, purchased by the present owner
MEULEBEKE NEAR COURTRAI 1548 - 1606 AMSTERDAM
'WHEN YOUR PLATE IS EMPTY, YOU EAT BONES NOT BACON'
Pen and brown ink and gray wash heightened with white (partly oxidized) over traces of black chalk, within a drawn frame;
monogrammed in black chalk: K v M, and inscribed in brown ink: Een ydel buydel maecket hert t'onvreden / den tyt voorleden, moeten wy beclaghen / doen wy van het speck al te diepe sneden / t hammegen is op wij t hieltgen knaghen.
255 by 173 mm; 10 by 6 3/4 in
Jacobus A. Klaver (his mark on the mount; not in Lugt), | his sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 10 May 1994, lot 6, purchased by the present owner
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
In January 2011 Sothebys in New York held the auction Old Master Drawings, which included the work 'When Your Plate Is Empty, You Eat Bones Not Bacon' by Karel van Mander. Here, the upper estimate of USD 120,000.00 was slightly exceeded - the artwork found a new owner for USD 128,500.00 (€ 93,693.04). Other works by Karel van Mander have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of GBP 80,500.00 (€ 101,535.81) in July 2014 for the work A male nude, seen from behind.
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Im Januar 2011 führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion Old Master Drawings durch, in der auch die Arbeit 'When Your Plate Is Empty, You Eat Bones Not Bacon' von Karel van Mander zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wurde der obere Schätzpreis von USD 120.000,00 leicht übertroffen – das Kunstwerk fand für USD 128.500,00 (€ 93.693,04) einen neuen Besitzer. Andere Arbeiten von Karel van Mander haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von GBP 80.500,00 (€ 101.535,81) im Juli 2014 für die Arbeit A male nude, seen from behind beobachtet.
Karel van Mander - Auction history
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