Paulus Pietersz. Potter
Cattle And Sheep With Herdsmen In A Landscape
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Old Masters Evening Sale, Lot 6
10. Dec - 10. Dec 2016
Old Masters Evening Sale, Lot 6
10. Dec - 10. Dec 2016
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Paulus Pietersz. Potter
ENKHUIZEN 1625 - 1654 AMSTERDAM
CATTLE AND SHEEP WITH HERDSMEN IN A LANDSCAPE
signed and dated lower centre: Paulus. Potter. f. 1652
oil on oak panel, the reverse with a red wax seal bearing the arms of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine;
also bearing two unidentified collector's seals: a bearded head in profile wearing a crown, and the initials 'PSA';
Pieter Locquet, Amsterdam; | His posthumous sale, Amsterdam, Van der Schley... Yver, 22 September 1783, lot 287, for 210 Florins to Fouquet; | Probably Leopold I (1747–1792), Holy Roman Emperor, Grand Duke of Tuscany 1765–1790, Vienna, and/or | Ferdinand III (1769–1824), Grand Duke of Tuscany 1790–1801, Vienna (see below); | Giuseppe Domenichini; | Acquired from the above by James Irvine on behalf of Sir William Forbes, 7th Baronet of
ENKHUIZEN 1625 - 1654 AMSTERDAM
CATTLE AND SHEEP WITH HERDSMEN IN A LANDSCAPE
signed and dated lower centre: Paulus. Potter. f. 1652
oil on oak panel, the reverse with a red wax seal bearing the arms of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine;
also bearing two unidentified collector's seals: a bearded head in profile wearing a crown, and the initials 'PSA';
Pieter Locquet, Amsterdam; | His posthumous sale, Amsterdam, Van der Schley... Yver, 22 September 1783, lot 287, for 210 Florins to Fouquet; | Probably Leopold I (1747–1792), Holy Roman Emperor, Grand Duke of Tuscany 1765–1790, Vienna, and/or | Ferdinand III (1769–1824), Grand Duke of Tuscany 1790–1801, Vienna (see below); | Giuseppe Domenichini; | Acquired from the above by James Irvine on behalf of Sir William Forbes, 7th Baronet of
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Cattle And Sheep With Herdsmen In A Landscape by Paulus Potter was auctioned at Sothebys in London in December 2016, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 70,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 236,750.00 (€ 276,799.16). Admittedly, works by Paulus Potter have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Landscape with cattle and a woman cleaning a bucket by a stream in December 2020 with an auction result of GBP 1,582,500.00 (€ 1,767,793.54).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Cattle And Sheep With Herdsmen In A Landscape von Paulus Potter im Dezember 2016 bei Sothebys in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 70.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 236.750,00 (€ 276.799,16) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Paulus Potter auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Landscape with cattle and a woman cleaning a bucket by a stream im Dezember 2020 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 1.582.500,00 (€ 1.767.793,54).
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