Nicholas Hilliard
Portrait Of A Gentleman, Circa 1590
Found at
Sothebys,
London
The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures Part II, Lot 1
4. Jul - 4. Jul 2019
The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures Part II, Lot 1
4. Jul - 4. Jul 2019
Estimate: 7.000 - 9.000 GBP
Price realised: 40.000 GBP
Price realised: 40.000 GBP
Description
Nicholas Hilliard
EXETER 1547 - 1619 LONDON
PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, CIRCA 1590
Watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gold on vellum, mounted on a playing card, inset in the base of a turned carved ivory case
60 by 48 mm.
S.H.V. Hickson; | sale, London, Sotheby's, 29 March 1965, lot 74; | sale, London, Sotheby's, 13 July 1982, lot 105
EXETER 1547 - 1619 LONDON
PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, CIRCA 1590
Watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gold on vellum, mounted on a playing card, inset in the base of a turned carved ivory case
60 by 48 mm.
S.H.V. Hickson; | sale, London, Sotheby's, 29 March 1965, lot 74; | sale, London, Sotheby's, 13 July 1982, lot 105
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
When the work Portrait Of A Gentleman, Circa 1590 by Nicholas Hilliard was auctioned at Sothebys in London in July 2019, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 9,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than four times as high at GBP 40,000.00 (€ 43,917.34). Admittedly, works by Nicholas Hilliard have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work A Highly Important Miniature of Elizabeth I (1533-1603), Queen of England 1558-1603, In Gold Dress With Gold-Embroidered White Sleeves, The Bodice And Sleeves Slashed To Reveal White, The Bodice Richly Embellished With Gold-Set Ruby, Diamond And Drop in June 2007 with an auction result of GBP 276,000.00 (€ 409,57
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Portrait Of A Gentleman, Circa 1590 von Nicholas Hilliard im Juli 2019 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 9.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 40.000,00 (€ 43.917,34) mehr als viermal so hoch. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Nicholas Hilliard auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit A Highly Important Miniature of Elizabeth I (1533-1603), Queen of England 1558-1603, In Gold Dress With Gold-Embroidered White Sleeves, The Bodice And Sleeves Slashed To Reveal White, The Bodice Richly Embellished With Gold-Set Ruby, Diamond And Drop im Juni 2007 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 276.000,00 (€ 409.570,12).
Nicholas Hilliard - Auction history
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