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Thomas van der Wilt

1659 – Delft – 1733

Allegory of the downfall of the speculations of John Law (1671–1729). 1720

Oil on canvas. 80 × 66 cm (31 ½ × 26 in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Thomas van der Wilt. Allegory of the downfall of the speculations of John Law (1671–1729). 1720.

Estimate:

EUR 8,000

 

- 12,000

USD 9,100

 

- 13,700

Sold for:

11,875 EUR (incl. premium)

Spring Auctions 2016

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 02.06.2016

Information

Oil on canvas. 80 × 66 cm (31 ½ × 26 in.). Signed and dated lower right: T. Vandr Wilt, 1720. Catalogue raisonné: Registered in the Hofstede de Groot-fiches, RKD The Hague, box no. 296 as „87: Allégorie sur la chute des funestes spéculations de Law, 1720“. Relined. Framed

Related literature: Wolfgang Uchatius: Jetzt werden alle reich. Der Mann, der vor 300 Jahren in Paris den modernen Kapitalismus erfand: Das Lebensabenteuer des John Law und das Schicksal seiner “Banque Royale“; in: DIE ZEIT, 31 March 2010, no. 14.

Collection of the artist David Bles (1821–1899), The Hague / private collection, Western Germany

Auction catalogue: Atelier David Bles. Tableaux et études du maître, meubles, tableaux et dessins anciens, Frederik Muller & Cie, Amsterdam, 27 February 1900, p. 13, lot 87