Pieter Holsteyn II
Nine Scenes From The Book of Genesis: The Separation of The Waters And The Sky; The Creation of The Sun, The Moon And The Stars; The Creation of The Animals; The Creation of The Birds of The Air; The Creation of Man And of Woman; The Temptation of Ad
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 EUR
Price realised: 26.400 EUR
Price realised: 26.400 EUR
Description
(9) Pieter Holsteyn II (Haarlem c. 1614 - 1673)
Nine scenes from the Book of Genesis: The Separation of the Waters and the Sky; The Creation of the Sun, the Moon and the Stars; The Creation of the Animals; The Creation of the Birds of the Air; The Creation of Man and of Woman; The Temptation of Adam; The Expulsion from Paradise; The Family of Adam Tilling the Soil; and The Murder of Abel
signed 'PH. fe' (1 and 5) and 'PHolsteijn fe: ' (2-4, 6-7 and 9)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolour, bodycolour, heightened with gold, pen and brown ink and gold framing lines, framed together as a triptych
each approximately 133 x 96 mm. (9)
Nine scenes from the Book of Genesis: The Separation of the Waters and the Sky; The Creation of the Sun, the Moon and the Stars; The Creation of the Animals; The Creation of the Birds of the Air; The Creation of Man and of Woman; The Temptation of Adam; The Expulsion from Paradise; The Family of Adam Tilling the Soil; and The Murder of Abel
signed 'PH. fe' (1 and 5) and 'PHolsteijn fe: ' (2-4, 6-7 and 9)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolour, bodycolour, heightened with gold, pen and brown ink and gold framing lines, framed together as a triptych
each approximately 133 x 96 mm. (9)
Upper estimate price exceeded by 76 %.
This artwork by Pieter Holsteyn the Younger achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in Amsterdam in November 2005. In the OLD MASTER PICTURES AND DRAWINGS auction, the work Nine Scenes From The Book of Genesis: The Separation of The Waters And The Sky; The Creation of The Sun, The Moon And The Stars; The Creation of The Animals; The Creation of The Birds of The Air; The Creation of Man And of Woman; The Temptation of Ad sold for EUR 26,400.00 - well above the upper estimate of EUR Admittedly, works by Pieter Holsteyn the Younger 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 tulip book: a volume containing 42 drawings of tulips and one added drawing of a tulip, and another drawing of an iris in April 2002 with an auction result of GBP 124,750.00 (€ 201,842.23).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 76 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Pieter Holsteyn the Younger erzielte im November 2005 bei Christies in Amsterdam einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion OLD MASTER PICTURES AND DRAWINGS wurde die Arbeit Nine Scenes From The Book of Genesis: The Separation of The Waters And The Sky; The Creation of The Sun, The Moon And The Stars; The Creation of The Animals; The Creation of The Birds of The Air; The Creation of Man And of Woman; The Temptation of Ad für EUR 26.400,00 versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von EUR 15.000,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Pieter Holsteyn the Younger auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit A tulip book: a volume containing 42 drawings of tulips and one added drawing of a tulip, and another drawing of an iris im April 2002 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 124.750,00 (€ 201.842,23).
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