Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt.
Portrait Of Elizabeth Pelham (1681-1711), First Wife Of Charles, 2Nd Viscount Townshend
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 30.000 GBP
Description
Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt.
LÜBECK 1646 - 1723 LONDON
PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH PELHAM (1681-1711), FIRST WIFE OF CHARLES, 2ND VISCOUNT TOWNSHEND
signed with initials lower left: GK and later inscribed lower right: Elizabeth Pelham. / 1st Wife to Charles L d. Townshend
oil on canvas
241 by 148 cm.; 94 7/8 by 58 1/4 in.
Commissioned from the artist by Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674-1738), Raynham Hall, Norfolk; | Thence by family descent until sold in the Townshed Heirloom sale, London, Christie's, 5 March 1904, lot 84 (95 gns. to Colnaghi); | With Colnaghi, London; | Lady Alice Townshend (d. 1965) by whom sold London, Christie's, 4 July 1947, lot 7 (to Wiggins for £12-12); | With Arnold Wiggins & Sons Ltd., London; | Anonymous sale, London, Ch
LÜBECK 1646 - 1723 LONDON
PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH PELHAM (1681-1711), FIRST WIFE OF CHARLES, 2ND VISCOUNT TOWNSHEND
signed with initials lower left: GK and later inscribed lower right: Elizabeth Pelham. / 1st Wife to Charles L d. Townshend
oil on canvas
241 by 148 cm.; 94 7/8 by 58 1/4 in.
Commissioned from the artist by Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674-1738), Raynham Hall, Norfolk; | Thence by family descent until sold in the Townshed Heirloom sale, London, Christie's, 5 March 1904, lot 84 (95 gns. to Colnaghi); | With Colnaghi, London; | Lady Alice Townshend (d. 1965) by whom sold London, Christie's, 4 July 1947, lot 7 (to Wiggins for £12-12); | With Arnold Wiggins & Sons Ltd., London; | Anonymous sale, London, Ch
Sold at the upper estimate price
The work Portrait Of Elizabeth Pelham (1681-1711), First Wife Of Charles, 2Nd Viscount Townshend by Godfrey Kneller was auctioned at Sothebys in London in July 2013. The auction ended at the price of GBP 30,000.00 (€ 34,280.23), which exactly corresponded to the upper end of the estimated price range of GBP 20,000.00 – 30,000.00. Other works by Godfrey Kneller have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in April 2008 the work Portrait of Elizabeth, Duchess of Dorset, Full-Length, In A White Dress With A Blue Wrap, Leaning On A Stone Pedestal With Her Left Hand, Beside A Draped Curtain was auctioned for GBP 50,900.00 (€ 64,890.31).
Zuschlag beim oberen Schätzpreis
Die Arbeit Portrait Of Elizabeth Pelham (1681-1711), First Wife Of Charles, 2Nd Viscount Townshend von Godfrey Kneller kam im Juli 2013 bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von GBP 30.000,00 (€ 34.280,23) entsprach exakt dem oberen Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 20.000,00 – 30.000,00. Andere Arbeiten von Godfrey Kneller konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im April 2008 die Arbeit Portrait of Elizabeth, Duchess of Dorset, Full-Length, In A White Dress With A Blue Wrap, Leaning On A Stone Pedestal With Her Left Hand, Beside A Draped Curtain für GBP 50.900,00 (€ 64.890,31) versteigert.
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