Victor Mahu
An interior with a hurdy-gurdy player making music, children listening and eating pancakes
Found at
Christies,
Amsterdam
Old Master Pictures, Lot 15
9. May - 9. May 2007
Old Master Pictures, Lot 15
9. May - 9. May 2007
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Victor Mahu (active in Flanders, last quarter of the 17th Century)
An interior with a hurdy-gurdy player making music, children listening and eating pancakes
signed 'V. MAHVE' (lower left)
oil on canvas
59.2 x 84.9 cm.
An interior with a hurdy-gurdy player making music, children listening and eating pancakes
signed 'V. MAHVE' (lower left)
oil on canvas
59.2 x 84.9 cm.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 65 %.
The work An interior with a hurdy-gurdy player making music, children listening and eating pancakes by Victor Mahu was auctioned at Christies in Amsterdam in May 2007. It achieved a price of EUR 13,200.00 exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 65 %. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Victor Mahu - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Interieur mit einem Alchemisten und seinen Mitarbeitern, which sold at auction in November 2021 for EUR 37,500.00.
Oberer Schätzpreis um 65 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit An interior with a hurdy-gurdy player making music, children listening and eating pancakes von Victor Mahu kam im Mai 2007 bei Christies in Amsterdam zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von EUR 13.200,00 und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 65 %. Für andere Arbeiten von Victor Mahu mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Interieur mit einem Alchemisten und seinen Mitarbeitern beobachtet, die im November 2021 für EUR 37.500,00 versteigert wurde.
Victor Mahu - Auction history
