Willem Van Mieris
Perseus and Andromeda
Estimate: 40.000 - 60.000 GBP
Price realised: 100.000 GBP
Price realised: 100.000 GBP
Description
indistinctly signed and dated '[W] van Mieris. / ...5' (lower centre)
oil on panel
11 5/8 x 12 7/8 in. (29.5 x 32.6 cm.)
A Dutch noble family by 1800, and by descent to the present owner.
oil on panel
11 5/8 x 12 7/8 in. (29.5 x 32.6 cm.)
A Dutch noble family by 1800, and by descent to the present owner.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 67 %.
The work Perseus and Andromeda by Willem van Mieris was sold in the Old Masters Evening Sale auction at Christies in London in December 2019. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 100,000.00 (€ 118,188.30), 67% above the upper estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Willem van Mieris - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work A trumpeter at a casement window with another figure holding an upturned wine glass, which sold at auction in December last year for GBP 390,900.00 (€ 441,288.03).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 67 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Perseus and Andromeda von Willem van Mieris wurde im Dezember 2019 in der Auktion Old Masters Evening Sale bei Christies in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 100.000,00 (€ 118.188,30) und damit 67% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Für andere Arbeiten von Willem van Mieris mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit A trumpeter at a casement window with another figure holding an upturned wine glass beobachtet, die im Dezember letzten Jahres für GBP 390.900,00 (€ 441.288,03) versteigert wurde.
Willem van Mieris - Auction history
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