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Lot 23 · Old Masters

The Bagpiper and Merry Wife

Jan Sanders Van Hemessen · oil on panel

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Estimate
$1,000,000–$1,500,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Old Masters, New York · 10 June 2022
Dimensions
18 x 23 5⁄8 in. (45.7 x 60 cm.)
Record ID
TB-2026-3451284
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Jan Sanders Van Hemessen, The Bagpiper and Merry Wife. Christie's, 10 Jun 2022, lot 23. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3451284.

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Jan Sanders Van Hemessen, The Bagpiper and Merry Wife. Christie's, 10 Jun 2022, lot 23. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3451284.

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From the same sale Old Masters · Jun 2022

LotArtistEstimateResult
Attributed to Giovanni Dalmata (Croatian, Circa 1440- After 1509), Pr… A MARBLE GROUP OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD $50,000–$80,000
Attributed to Ferdinando Tacca (Italian, 1619-1686), Italian, 17Th Century A BRONZE FIGURE OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST $20,000–$30,000
French, Circa 1520-1540 AN ALABASTER FIGURE OF SAINT ROCH, HIS DOG AND AN ANGEL $6,000–$9,000
Joseph Gott, R.a. (British, 1786-1860), Circa 1840 A WHITE MARBLE GROUP OF YOUNG GIRL, PROBABLY MISS DAMES EMBRACING A MALTESE DOG $20,000–$30,000
Attributed to Bartolomeo Cavaceppi (C. 1716-1799), After the Antique,… A WHITE MARBLE BUST OF THE EMPEROR COMMODUS $60,000–$90,000
The Lamentation FOLLOWER OF ROGIER VAN DER WEYDEN, CIRCA 1470 $80,000–$120,000

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Jan Sanders Van Hemessen Portrait of a bearded gentleman, aged 34, in front of an ext $1,151,689 Sotheby's, Oct 2022
Jan Sanders Van Hemessen Virgin and child beneath a vine Sotheby's, Jul 2014
Jan Sanders Van Hemessen A Vanitas: As we are born, we die Christie's, Jan 2023
Sir Anthony Van Dyck portrait of mary, princess royal and princess of orange (163 Sotheby's, Dec 2018
Sir Anthony Van Dyck saint philip Sotheby's, Jul 2020
Sir Peter Paul Rubens The Chariot of Apollo Sotheby's, Jul 2016
Jan Sanders Van Hemessen Portrait of Elisabet, court fool of Anne of Hungary Sotheby's, Jul 2017
Sir Peter Paul Rubens The Martyrdom of Saint Paul – a modello Christie's, Dec 2025

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