Nicolaes Maes

Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, holding a pair of gloves

Found at Bonhams, London
Old Master Paintings, Lot 33
6. Dec - 6. Dec 2023
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 GBP
Price realised: 10.880 GBP
Nicolaes Maes (Dordrecht 1634-1693 Amsterdam)
Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, holding a pair of gloves
signed and dated '.N.MAES/.1655.' (lower right)
oil on panel
91.2 x 69.1cm (35 7/8 x 27 3/16in).
Collection of Walter de Zoete, Colchester and Blenheim House, North Berwick | His sale, Christie's, London, 5 April 1935, lot 99 (bt. Art Export Co) | With M. Schulthess, Basel, 1935 | Acquired by the present owner's grandfather in Basel over 70 years ago

Upper estimate price exceeded by 55 %.

In December this year Bonhams in London held the auction Old Master Paintings, which included the work Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, holding a pair of gloves by Nicolaes Maes. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 10,880.00 (€ 12,533.34), 55% above the upper estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Nicolaes Maes achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Group portrait of a family in an Italianate garden with an ornate fountain in December 2005 with an auction result of GBP 792,000.00 (€ 1,149,543.66).

Oberer Schätzpreis um 55 % übertroffen

Im Dezember diesen Jahres führte Bonhams in London die Auktion Old Master Paintings durch, in der auch die Arbeit Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, holding a pair of gloves von Nicolaes Maes zur Versteigerung kam. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 10.880,00 (€ 12.533,34) und damit 55% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Nicolaes Maes erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Group portrait of a family in an Italianate garden with an ornate fountain im Dezember 2005 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 792.000,00 (€ 1.149.543,66).

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