Michaelina Wautier
A Young Man Smoking A Pipe
Estimate: 300.000 - 500.000 USD
Price realised: 759.000 USD
Price realised: 759.000 USD
Description
signed and dated 'mich...lina W... f...t' (upper left, strengthened)
oil on canvas
27 x 23 1/3 in. (68.6 x 58.6 cm.)
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 21 April 1993, lot 168, as 'School of Haarlem, 17th Century'. | Private collection, Switzerland, where acquired by the present owner on 20 September 2013.
oil on canvas
27 x 23 1/3 in. (68.6 x 58.6 cm.)
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 21 April 1993, lot 168, as 'School of Haarlem, 17th Century'. | Private collection, Switzerland, where acquired by the present owner on 20 September 2013.
A top price for Michaelina Wautier
In May 2019 Christies in New York held the auction Old Masters, which included the work A Young Man Smoking A Pipe by Michaelina Wautier. The »bidding war« ended at USD 759,000.00 (€ 680,778.55), 52% above the upper estimate. This high result makes A Young Man Smoking A Pipe the most expensive artwork by Michaelina Wautier that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Michaelina Wautier
Im Mai 2019 führte Christies in New York die Auktion Old Masters durch, in der auch die Arbeit A Young Man Smoking A Pipe von Michaelina Wautier zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von USD 759.000,00 (€ 680.778,55) und damit 52% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht A Young Man Smoking A Pipe zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Michaelina Wautier, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Michaelina Wautier - Auction history
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