Matthias Stom
A man reading a book by candlelight (recto); An old man, bust-length, his hands on a stick (verso)
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 USD
Price realised: 14.400 USD
Price realised: 14.400 USD
Description
Matthias Stom (Amersfoort circa 1600- after 1650)
A man reading a book by candlelight (recto); An old man, bust-length, his hands on a stick (verso)
pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with gold, black chalk framing lines on brown prepared paper (recto); red and white chalk on light brown paper (verso)
6¼ x 8½ in. (159 x 215 mm.)
A man reading a book by candlelight (recto); An old man, bust-length, his hands on a stick (verso)
pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with gold, black chalk framing lines on brown prepared paper (recto); red and white chalk on light brown paper (verso)
6¼ x 8½ in. (159 x 215 mm.)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 80 %.
This artwork by Matthias Stomer achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in January 2005. In the Old Master and 19th Century Drawings auction, the work A man reading a book by candlelight (recto); An old man, bust-length, his hands on a stick (verso) sold for USD 14,400.00 (€ 11,035.33) - well above the upper estimate of USD 8,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Matthias Stomer achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Christ Disputing With The Doctors in January 2016 with an auction result of USD 2,650,000.00 (€ 2,446,454.95).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 80 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Matthias Stomer erzielte im Januar 2005 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master and 19th Century Drawings wurde die Arbeit A man reading a book by candlelight (recto); An old man, bust-length, his hands on a stick (verso) für USD 14.400,00 (€ 11.035,33) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 8.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Matthias Stomer erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Christ Disputing With The Doctors im Januar 2016 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 2.650.000,00 (€ 2.446.454,95).
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