Paulus Potter
Two Plough Horses
Found at
Christies,
London
Old Master and British Works on Paper: Drawings, Watercolours and Prints 1500-1900, Lot 237
5. Jul - 5. Jul 2022
Old Master and British Works on Paper: Drawings, Watercolours and Prints 1500-1900, Lot 237
5. Jul - 5. Jul 2022
Estimate: 2.500 - 3.500 GBP
Price realised: 2.520 GBP
Price realised: 2.520 GBP
Description
PAULUS POTTER (1625-1654)
Two Plough Horses
etching, 1652, on laid paper, watermark Fool’s Cap with five-pointed Collar, a fine impression of the third, final state, trimmed inside the platemark but retaining a fillet of blank paper outside the borderline, in very good condition; together with The Neighing Horse by the same hand, etching, 1652, on laid paper, with an indistinct countermark, a very good impression of the second, final state; and The worn-out Horse by the same hand, etching, 1652, on laid paper, countermark l.d., a very good impression; and an anonymous, contemporary copy of The Cowherd after Paulus Potter, etching, after 1649, on laid paper, watermark Fool’s Cap with five-pointed Collar, a very good impression, all in good condition
Sheet 153 x 234 mm. (B. 12)
Sheet 157 x 239 mm. (B. 10)
Sheet 157 x 235 mm. (B. 13)
Two Plough Horses
etching, 1652, on laid paper, watermark Fool’s Cap with five-pointed Collar, a fine impression of the third, final state, trimmed inside the platemark but retaining a fillet of blank paper outside the borderline, in very good condition; together with The Neighing Horse by the same hand, etching, 1652, on laid paper, with an indistinct countermark, a very good impression of the second, final state; and The worn-out Horse by the same hand, etching, 1652, on laid paper, countermark l.d., a very good impression; and an anonymous, contemporary copy of The Cowherd after Paulus Potter, etching, after 1649, on laid paper, watermark Fool’s Cap with five-pointed Collar, a very good impression, all in good condition
Sheet 153 x 234 mm. (B. 12)
Sheet 157 x 239 mm. (B. 10)
Sheet 157 x 235 mm. (B. 13)
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Two Plough Horses by Paulus Potter was sold in the Old Master and British Works on Paper: Drawings, Watercolours and Prints 1500-1900 auction at Christies in London in July last year. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 2,500.00 – 3,500.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 2,520.00 (€ 3,009.33) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Paulus Potter achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached 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).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Two Plough Horses von Paulus Potter wurde im Juli letzten Jahres in der Auktion Old Master and British Works on Paper: Drawings, Watercolours and Prints 1500-1900 bei Christies in London versteigert. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 2.500,00 – 3.500,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 2.520,00 (€ 3.009,33) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Paulus Potter erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte 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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