Pieter Van Der Leeuw
Mercury And Argus
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Price realised: 6.300 GBP
Price realised: 6.300 GBP
Description
PIETER VAN DER LEEUW
Dordrecht 1647 - 1679
MERCURY AND ARGUS
signed and dated lower right: P. van der Leeuw. f. 1669.
oil on oak panel, an unidentified collector's black wax seal on the reverse
unframed: 47.1 x 69.5 cm.; 18½ x 27⅜ in.
framed: 63.6 x 85.7 cm.; 25 x 33⅝ in.
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Walter Leake of Hunstanton, Norwich, 1914 (according to a label on the reverse); | I.C. Morrison Esq.; | Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 16 January 1963, lot 24, to Frensch; | Sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 9 December 1966, lot 114; | Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 19 May 1967, lot 117.
Dordrecht 1647 - 1679
MERCURY AND ARGUS
signed and dated lower right: P. van der Leeuw. f. 1669.
oil on oak panel, an unidentified collector's black wax seal on the reverse
unframed: 47.1 x 69.5 cm.; 18½ x 27⅜ in.
framed: 63.6 x 85.7 cm.; 25 x 33⅝ in.
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Walter Leake of Hunstanton, Norwich, 1914 (according to a label on the reverse); | I.C. Morrison Esq.; | Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 16 January 1963, lot 24, to Frensch; | Sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 9 December 1966, lot 114; | Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 19 May 1967, lot 117.
A top price for Pieter van der Leeuw
This artwork by Pieter van der Leeuw achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in September 2020. In the Old Master Paintings auction, the work Mercury And Argus sold for GBP 6,300.00 (€ 6,946.77) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 3,000.00. This high result makes Mercury And Argus the most expensive artwork by Pieter van der Leeuw that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Pieter van der Leeuw
Dieses Kunstwerk von Pieter van der Leeuw erzielte im September 2020 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master Paintings wurde die Arbeit Mercury And Argus für GBP 6.300,00 (€ 6.946,77) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 3.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Mercury And Argus zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Pieter van der Leeuw, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Pieter van der Leeuw - Auction history
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