Lot 1 · Old Master Paintings
17th Century Vanitas still life with a skull and a butterfly unframed
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- Estimate
- £2,000–£3,000 hammer ≈ $3,073–$4,609
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Old Master Paintings, London, Knightsbridge · 29 April 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-1865304
- Record
- first seen 23 Jul 2026 · updated 23 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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French School, 17th Century Vanitas still life with a skull and a butterfly unframed. Bonhams, 29 Apr 2015, lot 1. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1865304.
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French School, 17th Century Vanitas still life with a skull and a butterfly unframed. Bonhams, 29 Apr 2015, lot 1. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1865304.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| early 18th Century An Italianate landscape with a figures before a town | Roman School | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| circa 1600 Head of a child, looking up to the right | Italian School | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| A proposed view for a crescent of houses on the Thames from Waterloo … | William Capon | £800–£1,200 | |
| A terracotta urn with grapes, peaches, plums and other fruit on a sto… | Jan Van Der Waarden | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| 1822 Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, | French School | £2,000–£3,000 |
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