Cornelis de Vos's Auction Record Jumps 500% with $2m Sale
3 min read · 07 Feb 2025
Portrait of a Young Girl at a Virginal. Image courtesy of Sotheby's
Cornelis de Vos, Portrait of a Young Girl at a Virginal (Undated) sold for $2.04m, more than three times the low estimate at Sotheby's in New York on February 6. The oil on panel work has been traded 6 times in the past.
The sale beat the artist’s previous auction record by $1.71m, a 500% rise.
Portrait de femme entourée de ses trois enfants. Image courtesy of Gros & Delettrez
The previous record was set by Portrait de femme entourée de ses trois enfants (Undated), which sold for $327,200 at Gros & Delettrez on April 05, 2011.
Sale Date | Title | Price | Record Increase | Venue | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025-02-06 | Portrait of a Young Girl at a Virginal | $2.04m | 524 % | Sotheby's | New York |
2011-04-05 | Portrait de femme entourée de ses trois enfants | $327,200 | 112 % | Gros & Delettrez | Paris |
2009-02-23 | Portrait de dame | $154,200 | 44 % | Christie's | Paris |
2008-07-10 | The adoration of the magi | $106,900 | 7 % | Sotheby's | London |
2007-04-27 | Alexander and Diogenes | $99,900 | 9 % | Christie's | London |
1999-06-25 | Portrait d'un jeune garcon tenant une canne de jeu | $91,500 | 22 % | Piasa | Paris |
1979-01-11 | Portrait of a young girl | $75,000 | - | Christie's | New York |
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