• Auction 16352

    Important Old Master Paintings from The Eric Albada Jelgersma Collection: Evening sale

    6 December 2018, London

    SALE TOTAL: 21,389,250 (GBP)
26 Lots for Sale 16352
Lot 1
Louis Léopold Boilly (La Bassée 1761-1845 Paris)
Head of a man in profile composed of six female nudes
oil on paper, circular
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) diameter
estimate
£50,000 - £70,000
($63,600 - $89,040)

price realized
£68,750
($87,450)
Lot 2
Werner van den Valckert (The Hague c.1580/85-c. 1627 Amsterdam)
A girl holding pancakes in a feigned stone window
oil on canvas
28 1/8 x 22 7/8 in. (71.5 x 58.2 cm.)
estimate
£80,000 - £120,000
($101,760 - $152,640)

price realized
£175,000
($222,600)
Lot 3
Paulus Jansz. Moreelse (Utrecht 1571-1638)
An amorous young couple
oil on panel, dodecagonal
24 ½ in. (62.3 cm.), diameter
estimate
£250,000 - £350,000
($318,000 - $445,200)

price realized
£320,750
($407,994)
Lot 4
Jan Baptist Weenix (Amsterdam 1621-1659/1661 Huis ter Mey, near Utrecht)
Italianate landscape with a shepherd showing a woman his flock
oil on canvas
35 5/8 x 48 in. (90.5 x 122 cm.)
estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
($127,200 - $190,800)

price realized
£248,750
($316,410)
Lot 5
Gerrit van Honthorst (Utrecht 1592-1656)
Allegory of love
oil on canvas
50 7/8 x 44 1/8 in. (129.3 x 114 cm.)
estimate
£500,000 - £800,000
($636,000 - $1,017,600)

price realized
£548,750
($698,010)
Lot 6
Dirck Hals (Haarlem 1591-1656)
Elegant figures feasting in a garden
oil on panel
19 ½ x 27 7/8 in. (49 x 70.8 cm.)
estimate
£150,000 - £250,000
($190,800 - $318,000)

price realized
£162,500
($206,700)
Lot 8
Jacob Jordaens (Antwerp 1593-1678)
Study for the head of Saint Christopher
oil on paper, laid down on panel
14 5/8 x 10 ¼ in. (37.2 x 26 cm.)
estimate
£80,000 - £120,000
($101,760 - $152,640)

price realized
£150,000
($190,800)
Lot 9
Jan Fyt (Antwerp 1611-1661)
Studies of the head of a wild boar
oil on canvas
20 ¼ x 40 ½ in. (51.5 x 102.8 cm.)
estimate
£120,000 - £180,000
($152,640 - $228,960)

price realized
£236,750
($301,146)
Lot 10
Frans Hals (Antwerp 1581/5-1666 Haarlem)
Portrait of a gentleman, aged 37; and Portrait of a lady, aged 36
oil on canvas
36 5/8 x 27 in. (93 x 68.5 cm.)
(2)
estimate
£8,000,000 - £12,000,000
($10,176,000 - $15,264,000)

price realized
£10,021,250
($12,747,030)
Lot 12
Judith Leyster (Haarlem 1609-1660 Heemstede)
Merry Company
oil on canvas
29 3/8 x 24 7/8 (74.5 x 63.2 cm.)
estimate
£1,500,000 - £2,500,000
($1,908,000 - $3,180,000)

price realized
£1,808,750
($2,300,730)
Lot 13
Frans Floris, the Elder (Antwerp 1519/1520-1570)
Head study of a man in profile
oil on panel
15 ¾ x 12 7/8 in. (40.1 x 32.8 cm.)
estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($31,800 - $44,520)

price realized
£60,000
($76,320)
Lot 14
Esaias van de Velde (Amsterdam 1587-1630 The Hague)
Winter landscape with a farmhouse, skaters and kolf players on a frozen stream
oil on panel
7 ¾ x 13 in. (19.8 x 33 cm.)
estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
($63,600 - $101,760)

price realized
£56,250
($71,550)
Lot 15
Jan Josephsz. van Goyen (Leiden 1596-1656 The Hague)
The beach at Egmond-aan-Zee
oil on panel
19 3/8 x 29 ¼ in. (49.2 x 74.3 cm.)
estimate
£300,000 - £500,000
($381,600 - $636,000)

price realized
£344,750
($438,522)
Lot 18
Reiner Nooms, called Zeeman (Amsterdam 1623-1664)
The Battle of Leghorn, 4th March 1653, during the First Anglo-Dutch War...
oil on canvas
32 ¼ x 46 ¾ in. (82 x 118.8 cm.)
estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
($63,600 - $101,760)

price realized
£62,500
($79,500)
Lot 19
Willem van de Velde, the Younger (Leiden 1633-1707 London)
A calm with a States Yacht with the arms of Amsterdam and other vessels
oil on canvas
21 x 26 5/8 (53.4 x 67.6 cm.)
estimate
($636,000 - $1,017,600)

This lot was withdrawn from the sale

Lot 20
Paulus Jansz. Moreelse (Utrecht 1571-1638)
Shepherdess with a tambourine
oil on panel
29 1/8 x 23 3/8 in. (74 x 59.4 cm.)
estimate
£70,000 - £100,000
($89,040 - $127,200)

price realized
£125,000
($159,000)
Lot 22
Nicolaes Berchem (Haarlem 1620-1683 Amsterdam)
The Watering Place
oil on panel
22 1/8 x 24 ¾ in. (56.2 x 62.8 cm.)
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($254,400 - $381,600)

price realized
£248,750
($316,410)
Lot 23
Jan Breughel, the Elder (Brussels 1568-1625 Antwerp)
An extensive wooded landscape with travellers on a road, a church in the...
oil on copper, stamped on the reverse with the maker's mark of Peeter Stas (active Antwerp c. 1587-1610), dated 1610, and with the coat-of-arms of the city of Antwerp
20 ¾ x 28 ½ in. (52.7 x 72.4 cm.)
estimate
£3,000,000 - £5,000,000
($3,816,000 - $6,360,000)

price realized
£3,608,750
($4,590,330)
Lot 24
David Vinckboons (Mechelen 1576-c. 1632 Amsterdam)
A hurdy-gurdy player surrounded by village children
oil on panel
17 x 29 in. (43.2 x 73.6 cm.)
estimate
£250,000 - £350,000
($318,000 - $445,200)

price realized
£296,750
($377,466)
Lot 25
Jan Weenix (Amsterdam 1640/1642-1719)
Dead hares, jackdaws and a partridge with a spaniel upsetting a basket of...
oil on canvas, unframed
48 ¾ x 40 in. (123.7 x 101.6 cm.)
estimate
£80,000 - £120,000
($101,760 - $152,640)

price realized
£125,000
($159,000)
Lot 28
James Ward R.A. (London 1769-1859 Cheshunt)
A view of Somersetshire from Fitzhead, the Seat of Lord Somerville
oil on panel
39 ¾ x 67 1/8 in. (101 x 170.5 cm.)
estimate
£180,000 - £250,000
($228,960 - $318,000)

price realized
£200,000
($254,400)
Lot 29
Frans Snyders (Antwerp 1611-1661)
A larder with a draped table laden with game, a lobster, vegetables and fruit...
oil on canvas
66 5/8 x 93 1/8 in. (169.2 x 236.5 cm.)
estimate
£1,000,000 - £1,500,000
($1,272,000 - $1,908,000)

price realized
£1,112,750
($1,415,418)
Lot 30
Ambrosius Bosschaert, the Elder (Antwerp 1573-1621 The Hague)
Flowers in a berkemeier glass on a stone ledge
oil on copper, laid on panel
15 1/8 x 10 5/8 in. (38.5 x 27 cm.)
estimate
£800,000 - £1,200,000
($1,017,600 - $1,526,400)

price realized
£908,750
($1,155,930)
Lot 31
Cornelis de Heem (Leiden 1631-1695 Antwerp)
A flower garland around a berkemeier on a ledge
oil on panel
15 ½ x 13 1/8 in. (39.4 x 33.4 cm.)
estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
($254,400 - $381,600)

price realized
£248,750
($316,410)
Lot 35
Willem van Mieris (Leiden 1662-1747)
A Merry Toper
oil on panel
7 ½ x 6 in. (19 x 15.2 cm.)
estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
($127,200 - $190,800)

price realized
£187,500
($238,500)
Lot 39
Michiel van Musscher (Rotterdam 1645-1705 Amsterdam)
A female merchant and a maid at the Eenhoornsluis in Amsterdam
oil on panel
21 x 16 1/8 (53.4 x 41 cm.)
estimate
£50,000 - £80,000
($63,600 - $101,760)

price realized
£62,500
($79,500)
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