Thomas De Keyser
Portrait of a gentleman, in his forties, seated small full length by a table before a draped column, wearing black costume with lace collar and cuffs, holding a hat in his right hand, his left arm leaning on the table with books and documents.
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 NLG
Price realised: 257.444 NLG
Price realised: 257.444 NLG
Description
Thomas de Keyser (1596/7-1667)
Portrait of a gentleman, in his forties, seated small full length by a table before a draped column, wearing black costume with lace collar and cuffs, holding a hat in his right hand, his left arm leaning on the table with books and documents.
dated 1631 on the book centre right and inscribed (?) AET.s4. (AE linked) upper right
oil on panel
50.4 x 41.3 cm
Portrait of a gentleman, in his forties, seated small full length by a table before a draped column, wearing black costume with lace collar and cuffs, holding a hat in his right hand, his left arm leaning on the table with books and documents.
dated 1631 on the book centre right and inscribed (?) AET.s4. (AE linked) upper right
oil on panel
50.4 x 41.3 cm
Artwork auctioned at four times the upper estimate price
The work Portrait of a gentleman, in his forties, seated small full length by a table before a draped column, wearing black costume with lace collar and cuffs, holding a hat in his right hand, his left arm leaning on the table with books and documents. by Thomas de Keijzer was worth NLG 257,444.00 (€ 112,410.96) to a buyer in May 2000. This price was achieved in the auction Old Master Pictures at Christies in Amsterdam and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of NLG 60,000.00 many Admittedly, works by Thomas de Keijzer have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Portrait of a silversmith, thought to be Christian van Vianen, seated full-length, in brown costume and a black hat, holding a drawing and a salt-cellar, at a carpeted table in June 2002 with an auction result of GBP 644,650.00 (€ 997,127.56).
Kunstwerk zum Vierfachen des oberen Schätzpreises versteigert
Die Arbeit Portrait of a gentleman, in his forties, seated small full length by a table before a draped column, wearing black costume with lace collar and cuffs, holding a hat in his right hand, his left arm leaning on the table with books and documents. von Thomas de Keijzer war einem Käufer im Mai 2000 NLG 257.444,00 (€ 112.410,96) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Old Master Pictures bei Christies in Amsterdam erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von NLG 60.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Thomas de Keijzer auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Portrait of a silversmith, thought to be Christian van Vianen, seated full-length, in brown costume and a black hat, holding a drawing and a salt-cellar, at a carpeted table im Juni 2002 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 644.650,00 (€ 997.127,56).
Thomas de Keijzer - Auction history
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