Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A.
Portrait Of Sir William Forbes, 6Th Bt. Of Pitsligo (1739-1806), Half-Length, Wearing Black And The Order Of Nova Scotia
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Two Great Scottish Collections: Property from the Forbeses of Pitsligo and the Marquesses of Lothian, Lot 149
28. Mar - 28. Mar 2017
Two Great Scottish Collections: Property from the Forbeses of Pitsligo and the Marquesses of Lothian, Lot 149
28. Mar - 28. Mar 2017
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 GBP
Price realised: 23.750 GBP
Price realised: 23.750 GBP
Description
Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A.
EDINBURGH 1756 - 1823
PORTRAIT OF SIR WILLIAM FORBES, 6TH BT. OF PITSLIGO (1739-1806), HALF-LENGTH, WEARING BLACK AND THE ORDER OF NOVA SCOTIA
inscribed upper left: Sir W m: Forbes Bar t:/ of Pitsligo/ Ad 1806 and inscribed upper right: 13
later inscribed lower left: Sir William Fobes Bar t./ of Pitsligo. B. 1739 D. 1806
oil on canvas
76.7 x 63.8 cm.; 30 1/8 x 25 in.
By descent to the sitters daughter Jane, wife of James Skene Esq of Rubislaw; | By descent within the family to Ernest H. Greene Esq; | By whose executors sold, London, Christie's, 27 May 1938, lot 103 for £157-10s. to Clinton; | Thence by family descent.
EDINBURGH 1756 - 1823
PORTRAIT OF SIR WILLIAM FORBES, 6TH BT. OF PITSLIGO (1739-1806), HALF-LENGTH, WEARING BLACK AND THE ORDER OF NOVA SCOTIA
inscribed upper left: Sir W m: Forbes Bar t:/ of Pitsligo/ Ad 1806 and inscribed upper right: 13
later inscribed lower left: Sir William Fobes Bar t./ of Pitsligo. B. 1739 D. 1806
oil on canvas
76.7 x 63.8 cm.; 30 1/8 x 25 in.
By descent to the sitters daughter Jane, wife of James Skene Esq of Rubislaw; | By descent within the family to Ernest H. Greene Esq; | By whose executors sold, London, Christie's, 27 May 1938, lot 103 for £157-10s. to Clinton; | Thence by family descent.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 98 %.
This artwork by Henry Raeburn achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in March 2017. In the Two Great Scottish Collections: Property from the Forbeses of Pitsligo and the Marquesses of Lothian auction, the work Portrait Of Sir William Forbes, 6Th Bt. Of Pitsligo (1739-1806), Half-Length, Wearing Black And The Order Of Nova Scotia sold for GBP 23,750.00 (€ 27,832.66) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 12,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Henry Raeburn achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Portrait of Sir Evan Murray-MacGregor of MacGregor, 2nd Bt., K.C.B., K.C.H., 19th Chief of Clan Gregor, as a boy (1785-1841), full-length, in tartan, in a landscape in July 2014 with an auction result of GBP 458,500.00 (€ 578,312.66).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 98 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Henry Raeburn erzielte im März 2017 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Two Great Scottish Collections: Property from the Forbeses of Pitsligo and the Marquesses of Lothian wurde die Arbeit Portrait Of Sir William Forbes, 6Th Bt. Of Pitsligo (1739-1806), Half-Length, Wearing Black And The Order Of Nova Scotia für GBP 23.750,00 (€ 27.832,66) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 12.000,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Henry Raeburn erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Portrait of Sir Evan Murray-MacGregor of MacGregor, 2nd Bt., K.C.B., K.C.H., 19th Chief of Clan Gregor, as a boy (1785-1841), full-length, in tartan, in a landscape im Juli 2014 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 458.500,00 (€ 578.312,66).
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