Sir William Beechey, R.A.
Portrait Of George Arbuthnot Of Elderslie (1772-1843)
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 GBP
Price realised: 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 30.000 GBP
Description
Sir William Beechey, R.A.
BURFORD 1753 - 1839 LONDON
PORTRAIT OF GEORGE ARBUTHNOT OF ELDERSLIE (1772-1843)
signed with initials and dated lower left: WB fecit / 1800, and inscribed, verso; John Trotter / N o 37012 / George Arbuthnot Esq.
oil on canvas
76 by 63.5 cm.; 30 by 25 in.
Commissioned from the artist by the sitter's cousin, John Trotter (1756-1833), Dyrham Park, South Mimms, Hertfordshire; | Captain Frederick Liddell Trotter (1898-1961); | His sale, London, Christie's, 19th May 1939, lot 144 (bt. by Morley); | William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), Los Angeles and New York
BURFORD 1753 - 1839 LONDON
PORTRAIT OF GEORGE ARBUTHNOT OF ELDERSLIE (1772-1843)
signed with initials and dated lower left: WB fecit / 1800, and inscribed, verso; John Trotter / N o 37012 / George Arbuthnot Esq.
oil on canvas
76 by 63.5 cm.; 30 by 25 in.
Commissioned from the artist by the sitter's cousin, John Trotter (1756-1833), Dyrham Park, South Mimms, Hertfordshire; | Captain Frederick Liddell Trotter (1898-1961); | His sale, London, Christie's, 19th May 1939, lot 144 (bt. by Morley); | William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), Los Angeles and New York
Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%
This artwork by William Beechey achieved an unexpectedly high price at Sothebys in London in July 2011. In the Old Master and British Paintings Day Sale auction, the work Portrait Of George Arbuthnot Of Elderslie (1772-1843) sold for GBP 30,000.00 (€ 34,429.49) - 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 William Beechey achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work The Dashwood Children in January 2014 with an auction result of USD 821,000.00 (€ 608,148.15).
Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von William Beechey erzielte im Juli 2011 bei Sothebys in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Old Master and British Paintings Day Sale wurde die Arbeit Portrait Of George Arbuthnot Of Elderslie (1772-1843) für GBP 30.000,00 (€ 34.429,49) 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 William Beechey erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit The Dashwood Children im Januar 2014 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 821.000,00 (€ 608.148,15).
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