• Auction 1164

    Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale

    3 December 2013, London

    SALE TOTAL: 21,858,250 (GBP)
33 Lots for Sale 1164
Lot 1
Lucas van Valckenborch I (Leuven circa 1535-1597 Frankfurt)
A wooded landscape with figures dancing and merry-making in a village
oil on a turned panel

5¼ in. (13.2 cm.) diam.
estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($65,600 - $98,400)

price realized
£80,500
($131,859)
Lot 2
Gabriel Metsu (Leiden 1629-1667 Amsterdam)
A notary sharpening his pen, in an interior
oil on panel, painted oval

15¾ x 12¾ in. (40 x 32.5 cm.)
estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($65,600 - $98,400)

price realized
£43,750
($71,662)
Lot 3
Dirck van Delen (Heusden, near 's Hertogenbosch, 1604/5-1671 Arnemuiden)
A palatial interior with figures dining and carnival revellers in the...
oil on panel

14¼ x 19 7/8 in. (36.2 x 50.5 cm.)
estimate
£60,000 - £80,000
($98,400 - $131,200)

price realized
£374,500
($613,431)
Lot 4
Hubert van Ravesteyn (Dordrecht 1638-1683)
Walnuts in a wan-li porcelain bowl, a stoneware jug, an orange, a knife...
oil on canvas

20¾ x 17½ in. (52.7 x 44.5 cm.)
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($328,000 - $492,000)

price realized
£218,500
($357,903)
Lot 5
Jan Davidsz. de Heem (Utrecht 1606-1684 Antwerp)
Tulips, a sunflower, an iris, hydrangeas, honeysuckle, willow catkins,...
oil on canvas

37¼ x 28¾ in. (94.6 x 73 cm.)
estimate
£1,500,000 - £2,500,000
($2,460,000 - $4,100,000)

price realized
£1,314,500
($2,153,151)
Lot 7
Daniël Schellinks (Amsterdam 1627-1701)
A wooded river landscape, with an elegantly dressed man on horseback and...
oil on canvas

59½ x 73 in. (151 x 185.5 cm.)
estimate
£40,000 - £60,000
($65,600 - $98,400)

price realized
£45,000
($73,710)
Lot 8
Studio of Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen, Westphalia 1577-1640 Antwerp)
Hercules and Omphale
oil on canvas

77½ x 69 5/8 in. (196.9 x 175.9 cm.)
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($328,000 - $492,000)

price realized
£398,500
($652,743)
Lot 9
Marten van Cleve I (Antwerp c. 1527-1587)
Saint George’s Day: A village kermesse with figures dancing and...
oil on canvas

54 3/8 x 106½ in. (138 x 270 cm.)
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($328,000 - $492,000)

price realized
£746,500
($1,222,767)
Lot 10
Pieter Brueghel II (Brussels 1564/5-1637/8 Antwerp)
The Birdtrap
oil on panel

15 1/8 x 22 5/8 in. (38.4 x 57.5 cm.)
estimate
£800,000 - £1,000,000
($1,312,000 - $1,640,000)

price realized
£1,258,500
($2,061,423)
Lot 11
Jacob Jordaens (Antwerp 1593-1678)
Cupid and Psyche
oil on canvas

34¼ x 40¾ in. (79.3 x 103.3 cm.)
estimate
£150,000 - £250,000
($246,000 - $410,000)

price realized
£158,500
($259,623)
Lot 12
Gonzales Coques (Antwerp 1614/18-1684)
Portrait of a girl, half-length, in a white lace-trimmed dress and red cloak,...
oil on copper, arched top, the lower corners made up

4 7/8 x 3¼ in. (12.4 x 8.3 cm.)
estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($49,200 - $82,000)

price realized
£32,500
($53,235)
Lot 13
Jan van Kessel (Antwerp 1626-1679)
Roses, morning-glory, a carnation, an iris and other flowers in a porcelain...
oil on panel

13 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (35.1 x 24.9 cm.)
estimate
£400,000 - £600,000
($656,000 - $984,000)

price realized
£578,500
($947,583)
Lot 14
Jan Steen (Leiden 1626-1679)
Travellers halting outside an inn
oil on canvas

28½ x 23¼ in. (72.5 x 59 cm.)
estimate
£150,000 - £250,000
($246,000 - $410,000)

price realized
£542,500
($888,615)
Lot 15
Willem van de Velde II (Leiden 1633-1707 London)
A States yacht under sail, a pont with sprit-sail hauled up and other ships in...
oil on canvas

20 7/8 x 26¾ in. (53 x 68 cm.)
estimate
£400,000 - £600,000
($656,000 - $984,000)

price realized
£482,500
($790,335)
Lot 16
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Leiden 1606-1669 Amsterdam) and Studio
Man with a Sword
oil on canvas

40¼ x 35 in. (102.3 x 88.5 cm.)
estimate
£2,000,000 - £3,000,000
($3,280,000 - $4,920,000)

price realized
£2,200,000
($3,603,600)
Lot 18
Lorenzo di Bicci (Florence c.1350-?1427)
Saint John the Baptist and Saint Michael - left panel of the main tier of a...
on gold ground panel

31¾ x 23 in. (80.6 x 58.3 cm.)
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($328,000 - $492,000)

price realized
£242,500
($397,215)
Lot 19
Giovanni Antonio Sogliani (Florence 1492-1544)
An angel facing right in a niche; and An angel facing left in a niche
oil on panel

47 1/8 x 22¾ in. (119.4 x 57.5 cm.) and 47¼ x 23¼ in. (120 x 59 cm.)
estimate
£400,000 - £600,000
($656,000 - $984,000)

price realized
£614,500
($1,006,551)
Lot 20
Domenio Puligo (Florence 1492-1527)
Portrait of a lady as Saint Catherine of Alexandria
oil on panel

30¼ x 21¾ in. (76.8 x 55.2 cm.)
estimate
£150,000 - £200,000
($246,000 - $328,000)

price realized
£170,500
($279,279)
Lot 21
Claude Gellée, called Claude Lorrain (Chamagne 1600-1682 Rome)
A Mediterranean port at sunrise with the Embarkation of Saint Paula for...
oil on canvas

39¾ x 53¼ in. (100.9 x 135.2 cm.)
estimate
£3,000,000 - £5,000,000
($4,920,000 - $8,200,000)

price realized
£4,450,000
($7,289,100)
Lot 25
Johann-Georg de Hamilton (Brussels 1672-1737 Vienna)
A bay stallion held by a groom in a landscape; and An Arab stallion held by a...
oil on canvas

19¼ x 25 1/8 in. (48.9 x 63.8 cm.)
estimate
£250,000 - £350,000
($410,000 - $574,000)

price realized
£260,000
($425,880)
Lot 27
Jan van Goyen (Leiden 1596-1656 The Hague)
Sunrise over the Haarlemmermeer with a schmalship and other boats...
oil on panel

9 7/8 x 14¾ in. (25 x 37.5 cm.)
estimate
£150,000 - £250,000
($246,000 - $410,000)

price realized
£158,500
($259,623)
Lot 28
The Master of Attel (active Landshut, 1474-1505)
Panels from an altarpiece: The Mocking of Christ; and The Lamentation
oil on panel

49¼ x 45¾ in. (125 x 116 cm.)
estimate
£150,000 - £200,000
($246,000 - $328,000)

price realized
£422,500
($692,055)
Lot 29
The Master of the Female Half-Lengths (active Antwerp, first half of the 16th
An extensive mountainous river landscape with a castle and other fortified...
oil on panel

15¾ x 40 5/8 in. (40.1 x 103.2 cm.)
estimate
£300,000 - £500,000
($492,000 - $820,000)

price realized
£362,500
($593,775)
Lot 31
Jan Breughel II (Antwerp 1601-1678)
Latona turning the Lycians into Frogs
oil on panel

16 1/8 x 22 1/8 in. (41 x 56.2 cm.)
estimate
£150,000 - £250,000
($246,000 - $410,000)

price realized
£194,500
($318,591)
Lot 32
Pieter Brueghel II
The Payment of the Tithes (The Country Lawyer)
oil on panel

29½ x 49 in. (75 x 124.5 cm)
estimate
£700,000 - £1,000,000
($1,148,000 - $1,640,000)

price realized
£1,022,500
($1,674,855)
Lot 34
Bernardo Strozzi (Genoa 1581-1644 Venice)
The Supper at Emmaus
oil on canvas, unframed

52¼ x 74¼ in. (132.7 x 188.5 cm.)
estimate
£800,000 - £1,200,000
($1,312,000 - $1,968,000)

price realized
£914,500
($1,497,951)
Lot 35
Circle of Giovanni Paolo Panini (Piacenza 1691-1765 Rome)
An architectural capriccio with the Arch of Constantine, the Pyramid of...
oil on canvas

48 x 40½ in. (121.9 x 102.8 cm.)
estimate
£80,000 - £120,000
($131,200 - $196,800)

price realized
£134,500
($220,311)
Lot 36
Pietro Fabris (active Naples 1756-1779)
The Carnival in Naples in 1778, with the 'Cavalcata turca' parading through the...
oil on canvas, unlined

74 x 133¾ in. (188 x 340 cm.)
estimate
£500,000 - £800,000
($820,000 - $1,312,000)

price realized
£782,500
($1,281,735)
Lot 42
English School, circa 1580
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), half-length, in a black gold...
oil on panel

22¾ x 17 1/8 in. (57.2 x 43.3 cm.)
estimate
£80,000 - £120,000
($131,200 - $196,800)

price realized
£134,500
($220,311)
Lot 43
Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (Devon 1723-1792 London)
Edwin: Study of a young boy, half-length, in a brown coat, white shirt and blue...
oil on canvas

24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm.)
estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
($164,000 - $246,000)

price realized
£500,000
($819,000)
Lot 44
Sir Joshua Reynolds (Plympton, Devon 1723-1792 London)
Portrait of the artist, half-length, in a dark green coat, with a white cravat...
oil on panel

30 x 25 in. (76.1 x 63.3 cm.)
estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
($164,000 - $246,000)

price realized
£182,500
($298,935)
Lot 45
John Wootton (Snitterfield, Warwickshire c.1682-1764 London)
Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds (1713-1789), on horseback, with a hunting...
oil on canvas

60 x 84¼ in. (152.4 x 214 cm.)
estimate
£120,000 - £180,000
($196,800 - $295,200)

price realized
£290,500
($475,839)
Lot 46
George Stubbs, A.R.A. (Liverpool 1724-1806 London)
James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil (1730-1798), with his bay hunter...
oil on canvas

40 x 50½ in. (101.6 x 128.3 cm.)
estimate
£1,500,000 - £2,500,000
($2,460,000 - $4,100,000)

price realized
£1,426,500
($2,336,607)
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