Pieter De Hooch
Interior With A Child Feeding A Parrot
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture, Lot 56
26. Jan - 26. Jan 2012
Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture, Lot 56
26. Jan - 26. Jan 2012
Estimate: 1.500.000 - 2.000.000 USD
Price realised: 3.666.500 USD
Price realised: 3.666.500 USD
Description
Pieter de Hooch
ROTTERDAM 1629 - 1684 AMSTERDAM
INTERIOR WITH A CHILD FEEDING A PARROT
signed and dated on the window sill, center left: P. D hooch 1672
oil on canvas
31 1/4 by 26 in.; 79.5 by 66 cm.
Anonymous sale (Payet?), Paris, Salle du Mont de Piété, 9 December 1811, lot 54 (660 francs); | Charles Ferdinand, Duc de Berri (1778-1820), Paris; | Casimir Périer, Paris; | His sale, Paris, Laneuville, 18-21 April 1838, lot 17; | Imported to England by Hume in 1840 (according to Smith op. cit below); | With Chaplin, London by 1854; | Thomas Baring (1799-1873), by whom acquired from the above before 1857 and later bequeathed to; | Thomas, 2<s
ROTTERDAM 1629 - 1684 AMSTERDAM
INTERIOR WITH A CHILD FEEDING A PARROT
signed and dated on the window sill, center left: P. D hooch 1672
oil on canvas
31 1/4 by 26 in.; 79.5 by 66 cm.
Anonymous sale (Payet?), Paris, Salle du Mont de Piété, 9 December 1811, lot 54 (660 francs); | Charles Ferdinand, Duc de Berri (1778-1820), Paris; | Casimir Périer, Paris; | His sale, Paris, Laneuville, 18-21 April 1838, lot 17; | Imported to England by Hume in 1840 (according to Smith op. cit below); | With Chaplin, London by 1854; | Thomas Baring (1799-1873), by whom acquired from the above before 1857 and later bequeathed to; | Thomas, 2<s
A top price for Pieter de Hooch
This artwork by Pieter de Hooch achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in New York in January 2012. In the Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture auction, the work Interior With A Child Feeding A Parrot sold for USD 3,666,500.00 (€ 2,808,932.81) - well above the upper estimate of USD 2,000,000.00. This high result makes Interior With A Child Feeding A Parrot the most expensive artwork by Pieter de Hooch that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Pieter de Hooch
Dieses Kunstwerk von Pieter de Hooch erzielte im Januar 2012 bei Sothebys in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture wurde die Arbeit Interior With A Child Feeding A Parrot für USD 3.666.500,00 (€ 2.808.932,81) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 2.000.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Interior With A Child Feeding A Parrot zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Pieter de Hooch, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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