Nicolaes Knupfer
Venus And Cupid
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 GBP
Price realised: 337.250 GBP
Price realised: 337.250 GBP
Description
Nicolaes Knupfer
LEIPZIG CIRCA 1609 - 1655 UTRECHT
VENUS AND CUPID
oil on panel
28.2 by 29.8 cm.; 11 1/8 by 11 3/4 in.
Probably Sir Francis Cook, 1st Bt., Visconde de Monserrate (1817-1901); | Sir Frederick Cook (1844-1920), Doughty House, Richmond, by 1913; | By descent to Sir Herbert Cook (1868-1939); | By descent to Sir Francis Ferdinand Maurice Cook (1907-1978), by whom sold, London, Sotheby's, 25 June 1958, lot 96, for £200 to C. Duits; | With Matthiesen, London, from whom purchased by the late owner in April 1963.
LEIPZIG CIRCA 1609 - 1655 UTRECHT
VENUS AND CUPID
oil on panel
28.2 by 29.8 cm.; 11 1/8 by 11 3/4 in.
Probably Sir Francis Cook, 1st Bt., Visconde de Monserrate (1817-1901); | Sir Frederick Cook (1844-1920), Doughty House, Richmond, by 1913; | By descent to Sir Herbert Cook (1868-1939); | By descent to Sir Francis Ferdinand Maurice Cook (1907-1978), by whom sold, London, Sotheby's, 25 June 1958, lot 96, for £200 to C. Duits; | With Matthiesen, London, from whom purchased by the late owner in April 1963.
A top price for Nicolaus Knupfer
This artwork by Nicolaus Knupfer achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in July 2008. In the Old Master Paintings Evening Sale auction, the work Venus And Cupid sold for GBP 337,250.00 (€ 428,479.92) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 150,000.00. This high result makes Venus And Cupid the most expensive artwork by Nicolaus Knupfer that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Nicolaus Knupfer
Dieses Kunstwerk von Nicolaus Knupfer erzielte im Juli 2008 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master Paintings Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit Venus And Cupid für GBP 337.250,00 (€ 428.479,92) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 150.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Venus And Cupid zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Nicolaus Knupfer, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Nicolaus Knupfer - Auction history
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