Richard Westall, R.A.
Henry Iv, Part I, Act Iii, Scene I
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 GBP
Price realised: 27.500 GBP
Price realised: 27.500 GBP
Description
oil on canvas
100 x 72 ¾ in. (254 x 184.8 cm.)
Commissioned by Alderman John Boydell. | The Shakespeare Gallery Sale; Christie's, 17 May 1805, lot 48 (39gns. to the following) | John Green; his sale, Christie's, London, 26 April 1830 [3rd day], lot 86 (71gns. to Bone for the following) | Joseph Neeld, MP, and by descent to, | Captain L.W. Neald, Grittleton House, Gloucestershire, 16 November 1962, lot 91 (15gns. to the following) | Brian Leary; his sale, Christie's, 12 July 1989, lot 99 (£60,500).
100 x 72 ¾ in. (254 x 184.8 cm.)
Commissioned by Alderman John Boydell. | The Shakespeare Gallery Sale; Christie's, 17 May 1805, lot 48 (39gns. to the following) | John Green; his sale, Christie's, London, 26 April 1830 [3rd day], lot 86 (71gns. to Bone for the following) | Joseph Neeld, MP, and by descent to, | Captain L.W. Neald, Grittleton House, Gloucestershire, 16 November 1962, lot 91 (15gns. to the following) | Brian Leary; his sale, Christie's, 12 July 1989, lot 99 (£60,500).
Upper estimate price exceeded by 83 %.
This artwork by Richard Westall achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in April 2016. In the Old Master and British Paintings auction, the work Henry Iv, Part I, Act Iii, Scene I sold for GBP 27,500.00 (€ 35,153.18) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 15,000.00. Despite this good result, it is not the highest hammer price for an artwork by Richard Westall; that achieved among the auctions we observed the lot Faust and Lilith sold at auction in December 2012 with the realized price of GBP 55,250.00 (€ 68,138.59).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 83 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Richard Westall erzielte im April 2016 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master and British Paintings wurde die Arbeit Henry Iv, Part I, Act Iii, Scene I für GBP 27.500,00 (€ 35.153,18) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 15.000,00. Trotz des guten Ergebnisses ist dies nicht der höchste Zuschlag für ein Kunstwerk von Richard Westall; den erzielte unter den von uns beobachteten Auktionen die Arbeit Faust and Lilith im Dezember 2012 mit dem Hammerpreis von GBP 55.250,00 (€ 68.138,59).
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