Marten Van Cleve The Elder
Children's Games
Estimate: 300.000 - 500.000 USD
Price realised: 625.000 USD
Price realised: 625.000 USD
Description
Property from a European Private Collection
Marten van Cleve the Elder
Antwerp circa 1527 - before 24 November 1581
Children's Games
oil on oak panel
29 ¾ by 42 ⅜ in.; 75.4 by 107.5 cm.
Karl Eugen, Herzog von Wurttemberg (1728–93), Schloss Ludwigsburg, 1767 inventory, fol. 108, no. 2 (as a pendant to the ‘Entry of Christ into Jerusalem’, attributed to the Brunswick Monogrammist, also acquired by the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart); | Thence by descent, possibly at Stuttgart following the abandonment of Ludwigsburg in 1775, and in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, probably from 1843, and certainly by 1902, inv. no. 1085; | Whence deacc
Marten van Cleve the Elder
Antwerp circa 1527 - before 24 November 1581
Children's Games
oil on oak panel
29 ¾ by 42 ⅜ in.; 75.4 by 107.5 cm.
Karl Eugen, Herzog von Wurttemberg (1728–93), Schloss Ludwigsburg, 1767 inventory, fol. 108, no. 2 (as a pendant to the ‘Entry of Christ into Jerusalem’, attributed to the Brunswick Monogrammist, also acquired by the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart); | Thence by descent, possibly at Stuttgart following the abandonment of Ludwigsburg in 1775, and in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, probably from 1843, and certainly by 1902, inv. no. 1085; | Whence deacc
Upper estimate price exceeded by 25 %.
In January 2021 Sothebys in New York held the auction Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I, which included the work Children's Games by Marten van Cleve I. The »bidding war« ended at USD 625,000.00 (€ 515,039.14), 25% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Marten van Cleve I - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work An Outdoor Wedding Dance, which sold at auction in July 2016 for GBP 1,061,000.00 (€ 1,260,697.53).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 25 % übertroffen
Im Januar 2021 führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I durch, in der auch die Arbeit Children's Games von Marten van Cleve I zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 625.000,00 (€ 515.039,14) und damit 25% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von Marten van Cleve I mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit An Outdoor Wedding Dance beobachtet, die im Juli 2016 für GBP 1.061.000,00 (€ 1.260.697,53) versteigert wurde.
Marten van Cleve I - Auction history
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