Willem Van De Velde The Younger
An English Ship Firing A Gun And Coming To Anchor Off A European Mediterranean Fortification
Found at
Sothebys,
London
Old Masters Day Sale, Lot 168
5. Jul - 5. Jul 2018
Old Masters Day Sale, Lot 168
5. Jul - 5. Jul 2018
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Willem van de Velde the Younger
LEIDEN 1633 - 1707 LONDON
AN ENGLISH SHIP FIRING A GUN AND COMING TO ANCHOR OFF A EUROPEAN MEDITERRANEAN FORTIFICATION
signed on the reverse of the original canvas beneath the relining: W.V.Velde J
oil on canvas
34 x 54.8 cm.; 13 3/8 x 21 1/2 in.
Sir Paul Methuen (1672–1757), Grosvenor Street, London,; | Thence by descent to Paul Methuen, 1st Baron Methuen (1779–1849), Corsham Court, Wiltshire; | By whom sold to the dealer, Mr Yates; | By whom sold to Mr Pilbrow; | Sir Bruce Stirling Ingram (1877–1963), London, Cambridge and Chesham; | By whom given to his daughter, Madame Avril Prost (b. 1905), in the 1950s (as Samuel Scott; according to Robinson's own annotated files at the RKD);
LEIDEN 1633 - 1707 LONDON
AN ENGLISH SHIP FIRING A GUN AND COMING TO ANCHOR OFF A EUROPEAN MEDITERRANEAN FORTIFICATION
signed on the reverse of the original canvas beneath the relining: W.V.Velde J
oil on canvas
34 x 54.8 cm.; 13 3/8 x 21 1/2 in.
Sir Paul Methuen (1672–1757), Grosvenor Street, London,; | Thence by descent to Paul Methuen, 1st Baron Methuen (1779–1849), Corsham Court, Wiltshire; | By whom sold to the dealer, Mr Yates; | By whom sold to Mr Pilbrow; | Sir Bruce Stirling Ingram (1877–1963), London, Cambridge and Chesham; | By whom given to his daughter, Madame Avril Prost (b. 1905), in the 1950s (as Samuel Scott; according to Robinson's own annotated files at the RKD);
Auction result well in line with expectations
In July 2018 Sothebys in London held the auction Old Masters Day Sale, which included the work An English Ship Firing A Gun And Coming To Anchor Off A European Mediterranean Fortification by Willem van de Velde II. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 40,000.00 – 60,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 43,750.00 (€ 49,053.37) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Willem van de Velde II achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Dutch men-o'-war and other shipping in a calm in December 2011 with an auction result of GBP 5,921,250.00 (€ 7,091,533.28).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Juli 2018 führte Sothebys in London die Auktion Old Masters Day Sale durch, in der auch die Arbeit An English Ship Firing A Gun And Coming To Anchor Off A European Mediterranean Fortification von Willem van de Velde II zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 40.000,00 – 60.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 43.750,00 (€ 49.053,37) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Willem van de Velde II erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Dutch men-o'-war and other shipping in a calm im Dezember 2011 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 5.921.250,00 (€ 7.091.533,28).
Willem van de Velde II - Auction history
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