Pieter Withoos
Studies Of Insects, Including Two Long-Horned Beetles (Batocera Octomaculata And Eurycephalus Maxillosus), A Nine-Spotted Moth (Amata Phegea), A Yellow-Shell Butterfly (Camptogramma Bilineata) And A Bumblebee (Bombus Hortorum)
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 22.500 GBP
Price realised: 22.500 GBP
Description
Pieter Withoos
AMERSFOORT 1654 - 1693 AMSTERDAM
STUDIES OF INSECTS, INCLUDING TWO LONG-HORNED BEETLES (BATOCERA OCTOMACULATA AND EURYCEPHALUS MAXILLOSUS), A NINE-SPOTTED MOTH (AMATA PHEGEA), A YELLOW-SHELL BUTTERFLY (CAMPTOGRAMMA BILINEATA) AND A BUMBLEBEE (BOMBUS HORTORUM)
Pen and black ink, and watercolour and gouache, over traces of black chalk;
signed with the artist's initials in black ink, lower right: P:W:fe:
236 by 317 mm
AMERSFOORT 1654 - 1693 AMSTERDAM
STUDIES OF INSECTS, INCLUDING TWO LONG-HORNED BEETLES (BATOCERA OCTOMACULATA AND EURYCEPHALUS MAXILLOSUS), A NINE-SPOTTED MOTH (AMATA PHEGEA), A YELLOW-SHELL BUTTERFLY (CAMPTOGRAMMA BILINEATA) AND A BUMBLEBEE (BOMBUS HORTORUM)
Pen and black ink, and watercolour and gouache, over traces of black chalk;
signed with the artist's initials in black ink, lower right: P:W:fe:
236 by 317 mm
A top price for Pieter Withoos
This artwork by Pieter Withoos achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in July 2019. In the Old Master & British Works on Paper auction, the work Studies Of Insects, Including Two Long-Horned Beetles (Batocera Octomaculata And Eurycephalus Maxillosus), A Nine-Spotted Moth (Amata Phegea), A Yellow-Shell Butterfly (Camptogramma Bilineata) And A Bumblebee (Bombus Hortorum) sold for GBP 22,500.00 (€ 24,703.50) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 8,000.00. This high result makes Studies Of Insects, Including Two Long-Horned Beetles (Batocera Octomaculata And Eurycephalus Maxillosus), A Nine-Spotted Moth (Amata Phegea), A Yellow-Shell Butterfly (Camptogramma Bilineata) And A Bumblebee (Bombus Hortorum) the most expensive artwork by Pieter Withoos that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Pieter Withoos
Dieses Kunstwerk von Pieter Withoos erzielte im Juli 2019 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master & British Works on Paper wurde die Arbeit Studies Of Insects, Including Two Long-Horned Beetles (Batocera Octomaculata And Eurycephalus Maxillosus), A Nine-Spotted Moth (Amata Phegea), A Yellow-Shell Butterfly (Camptogramma Bilineata) And A Bumblebee (Bombus Hortorum) für GBP 22.500,00 (€ 24.703,50) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 8.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Studies Of Insects, Including Two Long-Horned Beetles (Batocera Octomaculata And Eurycephalus Maxillosus), A Nine-Spotted Moth (Amata Phegea), A Yellow-Shell Butterfly (Camptogramma Bilineata) And A Bumblebee (Bombus Hortorum) zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Pieter Withoos, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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