£8,000 painting from old English manor sells for £70,000 after Pot attribution
A painting previously valued at £8,000 sold for £70,000 at auction after being attributed to 17th-century Dutch artist Hendrik Gerritsz Pot. Experts suggest the work may be a missing companion piece to Pot's 'Merry Company' series.
Why it matters
The significant price increase demonstrates the impact of expert attribution on the valuation of historical art pieces.
A painting that spent years in an old English family collection has emerged as one of the surprises of an October auction, selling for £70,000 after specialists attributed it to Dutch artist Hendrik Gerritsz Pot. The small oil painting, which depicts a woman in period clothing seated beside a lute with a dog at her side, had entered the sale with an estimate of £8,000. According to auction house Lawrences, competitive bidding pushed its final price to nearly nine times that figure, including the buyer’s premium.The painting came from the collection of the Bailward family, formerly associated with Horsington Manor near Wincanton in Somerset, England.
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