Auction Record Set For Attributed To Robert Home
3 min read · 04 Oct 2024
Portrait of a young man, possibly a member of the Home family, in uniform, holding a brush with his pans of watercolour and a folio before him. Image courtesy of Bonhams
Attributed To Robert Home, Portrait of a young man, possibly a member of the Home family, in uniform, holding a brush with his pans of watercolour and a folio before him (Undated) sold for $64,400 (GBP48,600), more than 16 times the low estimate at Bonhams on October 2. The oil on canvas work has not been traded before.
The sale beat the artist’s previous auction record by $3,649, a 6% rise.
Portrait of a prince. Image courtesy of Pundole's
The previous record was set by Portrait of a prince (Undated), which sold for $60,800 at Pundole's on November 03, 2015.
| Sale Date | Title | Price | Record Increase | Venue | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-02 | Portrait of a young man, possibly a member of the Home family, in uniform, holding a brush with his pans of watercolour and a folio before him | $64,400 | 6 % | Bonhams | - |
| 2015-11-03 | Portrait of a prince | $60,800 | 52 % | Pundole's | Mumbai |
| 2004-01-23 | Portrait of Edmund Pytts Middleton Esq accompanied by servants in an Indian landscape | $40,000 | - | Christie's | New York |
