Sir Henry Raeburn RA
Portrait of a gentleman, reputedly Alexander Bonnar
Found at
Bonhams,
Edinburgh
Scottish Art, Lot 1
19. Oct - 19. Oct 2022
Scottish Art, Lot 1
19. Oct - 19. Oct 2022
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Sir Henry Raeburn RA (British, 1756-1823)
Portrait of a gentleman, reputedly Alexander Bonnar
oil on canvas
76.7 x 63.7 cm. (30 3/16 x 25 1/16 in.)
Sale; Leo Spik, Berlin, 9 June 1983, Lot 353
Portrait of a gentleman, reputedly Alexander Bonnar
oil on canvas
76.7 x 63.7 cm. (30 3/16 x 25 1/16 in.)
Sale; Leo Spik, Berlin, 9 June 1983, Lot 353
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Portrait of a gentleman, reputedly Alexander Bonnar by Henry Raeburn was auctioned at Bonhams in Edinburgh in October last year, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 1,500.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 5,355.00 (€ 6,238.52). 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).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Portrait of a gentleman, reputedly Alexander Bonnar von Henry Raeburn im Oktober letzten Jahres bei Bonhams in Edinburgh versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 1.500,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 5.355,00 (€ 6.238,52) mehr als dreimal so hoch. 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).
Henry Raeburn - Auction history
