Pieter Coecke Van Aelst
The Rest On The Flight Into Egypt
Estimate: 60.000 - 80.000 GBP
Price realised: 218.500 GBP
Price realised: 218.500 GBP
Description
Pieter Coecke van Aelst
AELST 1502 - 1550 BRUSSELS
THE REST ON THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT
oil on oak panel, shaped top
87.3 by 55.9 cm; 34 3/8 by 22 in.
Mellerio Collection; | Their sale, Paris, 23 March 1939, lot 25 (as Jan Gossaert); | Acquired by a private collector during the early 1950s; | His deceased sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 July 1998, lot 58A, for £56,500, where acquired by the present owner.
AELST 1502 - 1550 BRUSSELS
THE REST ON THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT
oil on oak panel, shaped top
87.3 by 55.9 cm; 34 3/8 by 22 in.
Mellerio Collection; | Their sale, Paris, 23 March 1939, lot 25 (as Jan Gossaert); | Acquired by a private collector during the early 1950s; | His deceased sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 July 1998, lot 58A, for £56,500, where acquired by the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by Pieter Coecke van Aelst achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in December 2013. In the Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale auction, the work The Rest On The Flight Into Egypt sold for GBP 218,500.00 (€ 262,821.61) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 80,000.00. Admittedly, works by Pieter Coecke van Aelst 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 triptych: The Nativity, The Adoration of the Magi, The Presentation in the Temple in January 2021 with an auction result of USD 3,166,000.00 (€ 2,608,982.28).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Pieter Coecke van Aelst erzielte im Dezember 2013 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale wurde die Arbeit The Rest On The Flight Into Egypt für GBP 218.500,00 (€ 262.821,61) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 80.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Pieter Coecke van Aelst auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit A triptych: The Nativity, The Adoration of the Magi, The Presentation in the Temple im Januar 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 3.166.000,00 (€ 2.608.982,28).
Pieter Coecke van Aelst - Auction history
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