Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, R.A.
Portrait Of Olive Craster (D. 1769), Half-Length, In A Blue Dress With Ribbons And A Lace Shawl, With A Pearl Necklace And Flowers In Her Hair, Holding A Squirrel, In A Feigned Oval
Estimate: 30.000 - 50.000 GBP
Price realised: 158.500 GBP
Price realised: 158.500 GBP
Description
29¼ x 24¼ in. (74.4 x 61.4 cm.)
signed, inscribed and dated 'N. Dance. fecit Roma. 1762.' (centre left)
By inheritance in the sitter's family to the present owner.
signed, inscribed and dated 'N. Dance. fecit Roma. 1762.' (centre left)
By inheritance in the sitter's family to the present owner.
Artwork auctioned at three times the upper estimate price
When the work Portrait Of Olive Craster (D. 1769), Half-Length, In A Blue Dress With Ribbons And A Lace Shawl, With A Pearl Necklace And Flowers In Her Hair, Holding A Squirrel, In A Feigned Oval by Nathaniel Dance-Holland was auctioned at Christies in London in December 2014, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 50,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than three times as high at GBP 158,500.00 (€ 204, However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Nathaniel Dance-Holland - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Thomas Assheton-Smith (1752-1828), full-length, in a red jacket, which sold at auction in July 2021 for GBP 400,000.00 (€ 469,082.94).
Kunstwerk zum Dreifachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Als die Arbeit Portrait Of Olive Craster (D. 1769), Half-Length, In A Blue Dress With Ribbons And A Lace Shawl, With A Pearl Necklace And Flowers In Her Hair, Holding A Squirrel, In A Feigned Oval von Nathaniel Dance-Holland im Dezember 2014 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 50.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 158.500,00 (€ 204.042,06) mehr als dreimal so hoch. Für andere Arbeiten von Nathaniel Dance-Holland mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Thomas Assheton-Smith (1752-1828), full-length, in a red jacket beobachtet, die im Juli 2021 für GBP 400.000,00 (€ 469.082,94) versteigert wurde.
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