Collector’s dog sells for 22,500 pounds

 “A spaniel with a dead partridge in a wooded landscape”, was sold yesterday at Christie’s (London). It came from the private collection from Eaton Square and Anouska Hempel.

BROKER’S AGENDA:

“A spaniel with a dead partridge in a wooded landscape”

English School, c.1750
oil on canvas
41¼ x 35 7/8 in. (105.4 x 91.2 cm.) 

Price realized:

£22,500 ($34,965)

Price estimate:

£20,000 - £30,000

Provenance:

Anonymous sale [The Property of a Gentleman]; Christie's, London, 15 July 1988, lot 4 as 'Attributed to John Wootton' (£41,800), anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 14 November 1997, lot 81 as 'Attributed to Stephen Elmer'.