Nicholas Hilliard
Portrait Of A Young Gentleman, Circa 1600
Estimate: 30.000 - 40.000 GBP
Price realised: 75.000 GBP
Price realised: 75.000 GBP
Description
Nicholas Hilliard
EXETER 1547 - 1619 LONDON
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN, CIRCA 1600
Watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gold and silver paint on vellum, laid on card, silver frame with scroll surmount, foliate engraved reverse
48 by 40 mm.
Sir Sidney Patrick Shelley, 8 th Bt. (1880-1965), | his sale, London, Christie’s, 9 November 1965, lot 89; | Robert Lane Bayne-Powell (1910-1994); | his executor's sale, London, Sotheby’s, 11 October 1994, lot 34
EXETER 1547 - 1619 LONDON
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN, CIRCA 1600
Watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gold and silver paint on vellum, laid on card, silver frame with scroll surmount, foliate engraved reverse
48 by 40 mm.
Sir Sidney Patrick Shelley, 8 th Bt. (1880-1965), | his sale, London, Christie’s, 9 November 1965, lot 89; | Robert Lane Bayne-Powell (1910-1994); | his executor's sale, London, Sotheby’s, 11 October 1994, lot 34
Upper estimate price exceeded by 88 %.
This artwork by Nicholas Hilliard achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in December 2018. In the Part I auction, the work Portrait Of A Young Gentleman, Circa 1600 sold for GBP 75,000.00 (€ 83,556.65) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 40,000.00. 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
Oberer Schätzpreis um 88 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Nicholas Hilliard erzielte im Dezember 2018 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Part I wurde die Arbeit Portrait Of A Young Gentleman, Circa 1600 für GBP 75.000,00 (€ 83.556,65) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 40.000,00. 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).
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