• Auction 7980

    Old Master & British Paintings - Evening Sale

    5 July 2011, London

    SALE TOTAL: 49,911,300 (GBP)
42 Lots for Sale 7980
Lot 1
Attributed to Girolamo da Treviso il giovane (Treviso c.
A parade shield: Diana and her Nymphs (on the recto); and Diana...
oil on canvas laid down on panel, circular

21¼ in. (54 cm.) diam.
estimate
£150,000 - £250,000
($230,000 - $380,000)

price realized
£361,250
($578,000)
Lot 2
Lorenzo di Niccolò (active 1392-1412)
The Madonna and Child Enthroned
tempera and gold leaf on panel, in an engaged frame, pointed top

50 x 25½ in. (127 x 64.8 cm.)
estimate
£300,000 - £500,000
($460,000 - $750,000)

price realized
£541,250
($866,000)
Lot 3
Pietro Lorenzetti (active Siena c. 1306-1345)
Saint Anthony Abbot
tempera on gold ground panel, the inset quatrefoil with a band of decoration above and the inscribed band below

18¾ x 15¼ in. (47.5 x 38.9 cm.)
estimate
£300,000 - £500,000
($460,000 - $750,000)

price realized
£421,250
($674,000)
Lot 4
Workshop of Alessandro Filipepi, called Sandro Botticelli (Florence
Saint John the Baptist - a fragment
oil on panel

13 1/8 x 9¾ in. (33.2 x 24.5 cm.)
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($310,000 - $450,000)

price realized
£337,250
($539,600)
Lot 5
Jacob Claesz. van Utrecht (?Utrecht, c. 1480-after 1530 ?Lübeck)
A triptych: central panel: The Annunciation; wings: Portrait of Herman...
oil on panel, in an engaged frame

central panel: 53½ x 36 7/8 in. (135.9 x 93.3 cm.); wings: 53¼ x 18 5/8 in. (135.3 x 47.3 cm.)
estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
($160,000 - $230,000)

price realized
£769,250
($1,230,800)
Lot 6
Circle of Hans Holbein II (Augsburg 1497/8-1543 London)
Portrait of King Henry VIII (1491-1547), three-quarter-length, in a fur-lined,...
oil on panel

34½ x 28¾ in. (87.6 x 73 cm.)
estimate
£300,000 - £500,000
($460,000 - $750,000)

price realized
£657,250
($1,051,600)
Lot 7
Marcus Gheeraerts II (Bruges 1561/2-1636 London)
Portrait of Frances Howard, Countess of Hertford, later Duchess of Lennox and...
oil on canvas

82¾ x 53¾ in. (210.2 x 136.7 cm.)
estimate
£1,000,000 - £1,500,000
($1,600,000 - $2,300,000)

price realized
£1,721,250
($2,754,000)
Lot 9
English School, circa 1630
Triple portrait of a lady, thought to be Elizabeth, wife of Sir William Pope...
oil on canvas

94¼ x 57 7/8 in. (239.5 x 147 cm.), including an addition to the upper edge
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($310,000 - $450,000)

price realized
£145,250
($232,400)
Lot 10
Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (Sudbury, Suffolk 1727-1788 London)
Portrait of Mrs. William Villebois, full-length, in masquerade dress, with a...
oil on canvas

89 x 57 7/8 in. (226 x 147 cm.)
estimate
£4,000,000 - £6,000,000
($6,100,000 - $9,000,000)

price realized
£6,537,250
($10,459,600)
Lot 11
Sir William Beechey, R.A. (Burford, Oxforshire 1753-1839 London)
Portrait of George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton, K.T. (1761-1827), full-length,...
oil on canvas

93¾ x 56½ in. (238 x 143.5 cm.)
estimate
£500,000 - £800,000
($760,000 - $1,200,000)

price realized
£481,250
($770,000)
Lot 12
George Stubbs, A.R.A. (Liverpool 1724-1806 London)
Gimcrack on Newmarket Heath, with a trainer, a jockey and a stable lad
oil on canvas

40 3/16 x 76¼ in. (102 x 193.6 cm.)
estimate
£20,000,000 - £30,000,000
($31,000,000 - $45,000,000)

price realized
£22,441,250
($35,906,000)
Lot 13
Hubert Robert (Paris 1733-1808)
The Cascade in the Gardens of the Teatro dell' Acqua behind the Villa...
oil on canvas

65 x 68 in. (165.1 x 172.7 cm.)
estimate
£120,000 - £180,000
($190,000 - $270,000)

price realized
£361,250
($578,000)
Lot 14
Claude-Joseph Vernet (Avignon 1714-1789 Paris)
A shipwreck with figures coming ashore
oil on canvas

34 x 37 in. (86.4 x 94 cm.)
estimate
£150,000 - £200,000
($230,000 - $300,000)

price realized
£145,250
($232,400)
Lot 15
Charles-François Grenier de La Croix, called Lacroix de Marseille (Marseilles?
A coastal landscape with fishermen unloading boats, a capriccio of the...
oil on canvas

26¼ x 39¼ in. (66.6 x 99.7 cm.)
estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
($160,000 - $230,000)

price realized
£181,250
($290,000)
Lot 16
Jean-Marc Nattier (Paris 1685-1766)
Portrait of Marguerite-Françoise-Bernard de Reims, Madame Dupleix de...
oil on canvas

40 x 32 in. (101.3 x 81.3 cm.)
estimate
£350,000 - £450,000
($530,000 - $680,000)

price realized
£623,650
($997,840)
Lot 18
François Boucher (Paris 1703-1770)
Putti making music
oil on canvas

20 x 52¾ in. (51 x 134 cm.)
estimate
£150,000 - £200,000
($230,000 - $300,000)

price realized
£157,250
($251,600)
Lot 19
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (Grasse 1732-1806 Paris)
The Abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots
oil on panel

12¾ x 9½ in. (32.4 x 24 cm.)
estimate
£80,000 - £120,000
($120,000 - $180,000)

price realized
£229,250
($366,800)
Lot 20
Louis-Léopold Boilly (La Bassée 1761-1845 Paris)
A trompe-l'oeil of an ivory and wood crucifix hanging on a wall
oil on canvas

25 x 18 in. (63.5 x 45.7 cm.)
estimate
£250,000 - £350,000
($380,000 - $530,000)

price realized
£481,250
($770,000)
Lot 21
Jacques-Laurent Agasse (Geneva 1767-1849 London)
Dash, a setter in a wooded landscape
oil on canvas

50 3/8 x 39¾ in. (128 x 101 cm.)
estimate
£400,000 - £600,000
($610,000 - $900,000)

price realized
£825,250
($1,320,400)
Lot 22
Jacques-Laurent Agasse (Geneva 1767-1849 London)
George Irving with his black hunter beneath a blasted oak, hounds being put...
oil on canvas

34 3/8 x 43 7/8 in. (87.5 x 111.5 cm.)
estimate
£250,000 - £350,000
($380,000 - $530,000)

price realized
£241,250
($386,000)
Lot 24
Richard Roper (active 1749-1765)
The Knox Sporting Screen A six panel folding screen comprising on the front...
oil on canvas, a six fold screen

106.1 x 144 in. (269.4 x 365.8 cm.) overall
estimate
£250,000 - £400,000
($380,000 - $600,000)

price realized
£241,250
($386,000)
Lot 25
George Stubbs, A.R.A. (Liverpool 1724-1806 London)
A dark bay hunter beside a tree in an extensive landscape
oil on canvas

23 1/8 x 29 in. (58.8 x 73.7 cm.)
estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
($160,000 - $230,000)

price realized
£97,250
($155,600)
Lot 27
Joseph Wright of Derby, A.R.A (Derby 1734-1797)
Portrait of John Whetham (1731-1781), of Kirklington, three-quarter-length, in...
oil on canvas

51½ x 40 1/8 in. (130.8 x 101.9 cm.)
estimate
£300,000 - £500,000
($460,000 - $750,000)

price realized
£361,250
($578,000)
Lot 32
Jan Brueghel I (Brussels 1568-1625 Antwerp)
A wooded landscape with a hermit monk
oil on panel, circular

6¾ in. (17.2 cm.) diam.
estimate
£120,000 - £180,000
($190,000 - $270,000)

price realized
£265,250
($424,400)
Lot 33
Jan van Kessel I (Antwerp 1626-1679)
Grapes, peaches, cranberries, flowers and butterflies, in a porcelain bowl on a...
oil on copper, unframed

the former 16 x 21½ in. (40.6 x 54.6 cm.); and the latter 15 7/8 x 21¼ in. (40.4 x 54 cm.)
estimate
£120,000 - £180,000
($190,000 - $270,000)

price realized
£253,250
($405,200)
Lot 35
Willem Claesz. Heda (Haarlem 1594-1680)
A blackberry pie, an upturned nautilus cup, a salt-cellar, a façon-...
oil on panel

28 x 36 in. (71.1 x 91.4 cm.)
estimate
£400,000 - £600,000
($610,000 - $900,000)

price realized
£847,650
($1,356,240)
Lot 36
Philips Wouwerman (Haarlem 1619-1668)
The Return from the Hunt
oil on panel

19 1/8 x 25¼ in. (48.5 x 64.2 cm.)
estimate
£300,000 - £500,000
($460,000 - $750,000)

price realized
£337,250
($539,600)
Lot 37
Simon Jacobsz. de Vlieger (Rotterdam 1600/1-1653 Weesp)
Dutch frigates exchanging salutes in a calm, with yachts, a rowing boat, a...
oil on panel

28 1/8 x 41¾ in. (71.5 x 106.1 cm.)
estimate
£400,000 - £600,000
($610,000 - $900,000)

price realized
£1,553,250
($2,485,200)
Lot 39
Salomon van Ruysdael (Naarden ?1600/3-1670 Haarlem)
An extensive landscape with the Road to Emmaus
oil on panel

28 x 40¾ in. (71.1 x 103.5 cm.)
estimate
£250,000 - £350,000
($380,000 - $530,000)

price realized
£301,250
($482,000)
Lot 44
John Wootton (Snitterfield, Warwicks. c. 1682-1764 London)
Lord Harley's Bloody Shouldered Arabian
oil on canvas

40½ x 48½ in. (102.9 x 123.2 cm.)
estimate
£150,000 - £200,000
($230,000 - $300,000)

price realized
£193,250
($309,200)
Lot 46
Pedro de Camprobín (Almagro 1605-1674 Seville)
Roses, carnations, a tulip and other flowers in a sculpted alabaster urn, with...
oil on canvas

30¾ x 23¼ in. (78.1 x 59 cm.)
estimate
£250,000 - £350,000
($380,000 - $530,000)

price realized
£313,250
($501,200)
Lot 47
Pedro Núñez de Villavicencio (Seville 1640-?1695-8)
Two young peasants in a landscape
oil on canvas

59 x 45 3/8 in. (150 x 115 cm.)
estimate
£70,000 - £100,000
($110,000 - $150,000)

price realized
£67,250
($107,600)
Lot 49
Giuseppe Recco (Naples 1634-1695 Alicante)
Fish, shells and coral on a rocky shore
oil on canvas

37 1/8 x 50 in. (94.2 x 127 cm.)
estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
($160,000 - $230,000)

price realized
£157,250
($251,600)
Lot 50
Gaspar Butler (active Naples c.1718)
View of Naples with the Riviera di Chiaia from the strada di Posillipo, with...
oil on silvered copper

17 x 41½ in. (42 x 104.8 cm.)
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($310,000 - $450,000)

price realized
£229,250
($366,800)
Lot 51
Gaspar Butler (active Naples c.1718)
View of Naples with the English Fleet from the sea
oil on silvered copper

16½ x 41¼ in. (42 x 104.8 cm.)
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($310,000 - $450,000)

price realized
£217,250
($347,600)
Lot 53
Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (Plympton, Devon 1723-1792 London)
Portrait of Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-1765),...
oil on canvas

64 7/8 x 59 5/8 in. (34.7 x 151.5 cm.)
estimate
£600,000 - £800,000
($910,000 - $1,200,000)

price realized
£657,250
($1,051,600)
Lot 56
Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guido, Lo Scheggia (San Giovanni Valdarno 1406-1486
A battle scene: a cassone front
tempera, with gold and silver, on panel

17 7/8 x 63 1/8 in. (45.4 x 160.4 cm.)
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($310,000 - $450,000)

price realized
£313,250
($501,200)
Lot 57
Spinello di Luca Spinelli, called Spinello Aretino (Arezzo 1350/2-1410)
The Lamentation
tempera on gold ground panel

8 5/8 x 23¾ in. (23 x 60.4 cm.)
estimate
£300,000 - £400,000
($460,000 - $600,000)

price realized
£713,250
($1,141,200)
Lot 58
Bernardo Daddi (active c. 1318-1348)
The Madonna and Child enthroned with Saints Francis and Mary Magdalen and a...
tempera and gold leaf on panel

54 x 29½ in. (137 x 75 cm.)
estimate
£400,000 - £600,000
($610,000 - $900,000)

price realized
£385,250
($616,400)
Lot 59
Taddeo Gaddi (Florence active ?mid-1320s-1366)
A triptych: central panel: The Madonna and Child enthroned with Saints; wings:...
tempera on gold ground panel, shaped top

central panel with engaged frame 17¼ x 9¼ in. (43.8 x 23.5 cm.); wings 17 x 4 5/8 in. (43.2 x 11.7 cm.)
estimate
£1,200,000 - £1,800,000
($1,900,000 - $2,700,000)

price realized
£1,329,250
($2,126,800)
Lot 60
Vincenzo Catena (?Venice c. 1470/80-1531)
The Madonna and Child with a Female Saint
oil on panel

24 5/8 x 33½ cm. (62.5 x 85 cm.)
estimate
£150,000 - £250,000
($230,000 - $380,000)

price realized
£241,250
($386,000)
Lot 63
Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese 1475-1564 Rome)
A male nude, seen from behind (recto); Studies of male nudes...
black chalk, watermark crowned eagle (close to Briquet 89)

8½ x 7 in. (21.8 x 17.7 cm.)
estimate
£3,000,000 - £5,000,000
($4,600,000 - $7,500,000)

price realized
£3,177,250
($5,083,600)
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