Nathaniel Dance R. A.
Portrait Of John Lee (1733-1793), Attorney-General, Wearing Legal Robes
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 GBP
Price realised: 4.750 GBP
Price realised: 4.750 GBP
Description
Nathaniel Dance R. A.
LONDON 1735 - 1811 WINCHESTER
PORTRAIT OF JOHN LEE (1733-1793), ATTORNEY-GENERAL, WEARING LEGAL ROBES
signed with initials and dated upper left: N.D. p / 1770
oil on canvas
75 by 62 cm.; 29½ by 24½ in.
By descent from the sitter to his great-nephew, Charles Benjamin Lee-Mainwaring (1797-1874); | Thence by descent until anonymously sold, London, Sotheby’s, 12 July 1989, lot 41, to Thost on behalf of Dr. Rau for £3,500; | Bequeathed by Dr. Rau to the Foundation of the German Committee for UNICEF.
LONDON 1735 - 1811 WINCHESTER
PORTRAIT OF JOHN LEE (1733-1793), ATTORNEY-GENERAL, WEARING LEGAL ROBES
signed with initials and dated upper left: N.D. p / 1770
oil on canvas
75 by 62 cm.; 29½ by 24½ in.
By descent from the sitter to his great-nephew, Charles Benjamin Lee-Mainwaring (1797-1874); | Thence by descent until anonymously sold, London, Sotheby’s, 12 July 1989, lot 41, to Thost on behalf of Dr. Rau for £3,500; | Bequeathed by Dr. Rau to the Foundation of the German Committee for UNICEF.
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Portrait Of John Lee (1733-1793), Attorney-General, Wearing Legal Robes by Nathaniel Dance-Holland was auctioned at Sothebys in London in July 2013, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of GBP 5,000.00 – 7,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for GBP 4,750.00 (€ 5,427.70). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Nathaniel Dance-Holland achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Thomas Assheton-Smith (1752-1828), full-length, in a red jacket in July 2021 with an auction result of GBP 400,000.00 (€ 469,082.94).
Auktionsergebnis verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Portrait Of John Lee (1733-1793), Attorney-General, Wearing Legal Robes von Nathaniel Dance-Holland im Juli 2013 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 5.000,00 – 7.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für GBP 4.750,00 (€ 5.427,70) den Besitzer. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Nathaniel Dance-Holland erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Thomas Assheton-Smith (1752-1828), full-length, in a red jacket im Juli 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 400.000,00 (€ 469.082,94).
Nathaniel Dance-Holland - Auction history
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