Michael Sweerts
Portrait Of A Gentleman
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture, Lot 166
28. Jan - 28. Jan 2010
Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture, Lot 166
28. Jan - 28. Jan 2010
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 USD
Price realised: 842.500 USD
Price realised: 842.500 USD
Description
Michael Sweerts
BRUSSELS 1618 - 1664 GOA
PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN
oval, oil on canvas, with corners made up
25 1/4 by 20 1/4 in.; 64.1 by 51.4 cm.
Robert Brooke Campbell Scarlett, 6th Baron Abinger (1876 – 1927), Inverlochy Castle, Inverlochy Castle, Invernesshire; | Thence by descent to his brother, Hugh Richard Scarlett, 7th Baron Abinger (1878-1943), Inverlochy Castle, Invernesshire; | By whom sold on behalf of his brother's estate, Glasgow, Wylie and Lochhead Limited, February 17, 1932, lot 100 (as by school of Van Dyck); | In the family of the present owners since the 1960s.
BRUSSELS 1618 - 1664 GOA
PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN
oval, oil on canvas, with corners made up
25 1/4 by 20 1/4 in.; 64.1 by 51.4 cm.
Robert Brooke Campbell Scarlett, 6th Baron Abinger (1876 – 1927), Inverlochy Castle, Inverlochy Castle, Invernesshire; | Thence by descent to his brother, Hugh Richard Scarlett, 7th Baron Abinger (1878-1943), Inverlochy Castle, Invernesshire; | By whom sold on behalf of his brother's estate, Glasgow, Wylie and Lochhead Limited, February 17, 1932, lot 100 (as by school of Van Dyck); | In the family of the present owners since the 1960s.
Artwork auctioned at five times the upper estimate price
The work Portrait Of A Gentleman by Michiel Sweerts was worth USD 842,500.00 (€ 607,426.10) to a buyer in January 2010. This price was achieved in the auction Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture at Sothebys in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 150,000.00 many times over. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Michiel Sweerts achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Artist’s Studio with a Seamstress in July this year with an auction result of GBP 12,615,000.00 (€ 14,717,881.58).
Kunstwerk zum Fünffachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Portrait Of A Gentleman von Michiel Sweerts war einem Käufer im Januar 2010 USD 842.500,00 (€ 607.426,10) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture bei Sothebys in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 150.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Michiel Sweerts erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Artist’s Studio with a Seamstress im Juli diesen Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 12.615.000,00 (€ 14.717.881,58).
Michiel Sweerts - Auction history
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