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4 December 2014

RESULTS: The Old Master and British Paintings Day Sale

London EMEA 4 December 2014

 

 

Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale

London, Wednesday, 3 December 2014

[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]

77 lots sold

Total: £4,501,075 /$7,035,180/€5,680,357

68% sold by lot

114 lots offered

$1.563= £1 / €1.262=£1

82% sold by value

Lot

Description

Estimate (£)

Price Realised

Buyer

172

Adam de Coster (1586-1643),

The Denial of Saint Peter

100,000 - 150,000

£194,500

$304,004

€245,459

European Private

155

Henry Fuseli (1741-1825),

Salome with the head of Saint John the Baptist

8,000 - 12,000

£176,500

$275,870

€222,743

European Private

143

Maria van Oosterwyck (1630-1693),

Roses, a parrot tulip, carnations, ears of wheat, hyacinths and other flowers with butterflies in a Chinese vase, with an orange on a marble ledge

100,000 - 150,000

£170,500

$266,492

€215,171

European Private

209

François Lemoyne (1688-1737),

La fécondité, in a sculpted oval

25,000 - 35,000

£158,500

$247,736

€200,027

European Private

168

Alonso Sánchez Coello (1531/32-1588),

Portrait of Archduke Wenceslaus of Austria (1561-1578), as a boy, bust-length

60,000 - 80,000

£134,500

$210,224

€169,739

European Trade

187

Peter Tillemans (1684-1734),

A view of Greenwich, with riders and other figures in the foreground

50,000 - 80,000

£134,500

$210,224

€169,739

Anonymous

122

Studio of Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641),

Portrait of Ambrogio Spinola (1569-1630), full-length

70,000 - 100,000

£128,500

$200,846

€162,167

European Private

213

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805),

Portrait of an officer of Dragoon Regiment No. 12 of the French army, half-length

40,000 - 60,000

£128,500

$200,846

€162,167

European Trade

183

Anglo-Flemish School,

circa 1630, Portrait of Martha, Countess of Lindsey (1605-1641), full-length

40,000 - 60,000

£112,900

$176,463

€142,480

The Weiss Gallery

119

Studio of Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641),

Saint Paul; and Saint Thomas

40,000 - 60,000

£110,500

$172,712

€139,562

UK Trade

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* Please note when quoting estimates above that other fees will apply in addition to the hammer price - see Section D of the Conditions of Sale at the back of the sale catalogue. *Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium.