Willem Key
Pietà
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Old Master Day Sale including Old Master Paintings, Drawings and British Works on Paper, Lot 111
29. Jul - 29. Jul 2020
Old Master Day Sale including Old Master Paintings, Drawings and British Works on Paper, Lot 111
29. Jul - 29. Jul 2020
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 GBP
Price realised: 32.500 GBP
Price realised: 32.500 GBP
Description
WILLEM KEY
Breda circa 1515/6 - 1568 Antwerp
PIETÀ
oil on panel
unframed: 101.7 x 127 cm.; 40 x 50 in.
framed: 126.2 x 150.8 cm.; 49¾ x 59⅜ in.
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Emmanuel La Roche, Basel; | By whom anonymously sold, London, Sotheby's, 9 December 1981, lot 100 (as attributed to Willem Key); | Anonymous sale, Bern, Stuker, 13–29 November 1997, lot 1277; | Private collection, Switzerland; | Whence sold, Zurich, Koller, 18 September 2015, lot 3019, where acquired.
Breda circa 1515/6 - 1568 Antwerp
PIETÀ
oil on panel
unframed: 101.7 x 127 cm.; 40 x 50 in.
framed: 126.2 x 150.8 cm.; 49¾ x 59⅜ in.
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Emmanuel La Roche, Basel; | By whom anonymously sold, London, Sotheby's, 9 December 1981, lot 100 (as attributed to Willem Key); | Anonymous sale, Bern, Stuker, 13–29 November 1997, lot 1277; | Private collection, Switzerland; | Whence sold, Zurich, Koller, 18 September 2015, lot 3019, where acquired.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 63 %.
The work Pietà by Willem Key was sold in the Old Master Day Sale including Old Master Paintings, Drawings and British Works on Paper auction at Sothebys in London in July 2020. It achieved a price of GBP 32,500.00 (€ 36,251.27), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 63%. Admittedly, works by Willem Key have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Saint Jerome in May 2005 with an auction result of USD 385,600.00 (€ 312,252.00).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 63 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Pietà von Willem Key wurde im Juli 2020 in der Auktion Old Master Day Sale including Old Master Paintings, Drawings and British Works on Paper bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 32.500,00 (€ 36.251,27) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 63%. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Willem Key auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Saint Jerome im Mai 2005 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 385.600,00 (€ 312.252,00).
Willem Key - Auction history
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