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Pieter De Witte - The Virgin with the Christ Child on a throne, crowning a king or emperor

Pieter De Witte

The Virgin with the Christ Child on a throne, crowning a king or emperor

Found at Christies, London
Old Master Drawings and British Drawings and Watercolours, Lot 63
7. Dec - 7. Dec 2016
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
pen and black ink, grey wash heightened with white on yellow prepared paper, squared in black chalk, brown ink framing lines, indistinct watermark in a circle
5 3/8 x 3½ (13.7 x 9 cm.)

Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price

When the work The Virgin with the Christ Child on a throne, crowning a king or emperor by Pieter Candid was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2016, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 1,500.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 5,625.00 (€ 6,576.54). Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Pieter Candid achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Euterpe in May this year with an auction result of EUR 127,000.00.

Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert

Als die Arbeit The Virgin with the Christ Child on a throne, crowning a king or emperor von Pieter Candid im Dezember 2016 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 1.500,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 5.625,00 (€ 6.576,54) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Pieter Candid erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Euterpe im Mai diesen Jahres mit einem Auktionsergebnis von EUR 127.000,00.

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