Lot 11 · Old Master Works on Paper: Prints and Drawings for under £5,000
The head and shoulders of a man
Ventura Salimbeni · red chalk
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- Estimate
- £800–£1,200 hammer ≈ $1,021–$1,532
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master Works on Paper: Prints and Drawings for under £5,000, London · 6 December 2018
- Dimensions
- 7⅜ x 8⅛ in. (18.7 x 20.7 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3765890
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Ventura Salimbeni, The head and shoulders of a man. Christie's, 6 Dec 2018, lot 11. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3765890.
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Ventura Salimbeni, The head and shoulders of a man. Christie's, 6 Dec 2018, lot 11. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3765890.
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From the same sale Old Master Works on Paper: Prints and Drawings for under £5,000 · Dec 2018
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modo de Volar, from: Los Proverbios | Francisco José De Goya Y Lucientes | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| The Card Player | Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| View of the Tour de Nesle, Paris, seen from the East | Israël Silvestre | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| The Circumcision of Christ, from: The Life of the Virgin | Albrecht Dürer | £1,200–£1,800 | |
| Le Cinq Morts (The Five Deaths) | Stefano Della Bella | £1,500–£2,500 | |
| Male nude with staff (recto); and Male nude (verso) | Florentine School, 19th Century | £1,000–£1,500 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura Salimbeni | A saint giving alms to the poor: design for a lunette | $6,250 | Christie's, Jan 2015 | |
| Ventura Salimbeni | A kneeling saint with his arms outspread | Christie's, Jul 2020 | ||
| Ventura Salimbeni | The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, | Sotheby's, Dec 2024 | ||
| Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo | Two figures in an interior, possibly an apothecary | Sotheby's, Jan 2023 | ||
| Hubert Robert Paris | Étude de personnages et d'un chien couché | Christie's, Jun 2022 | ||
| Ventura Salimbeni | A Wounded Boy Attended by a Woman and a Man, with Figures Fl | Christie's, Jul 1998 | ||
| Stefano Della Bella | three camels and their driver, a pyramid in the distance | Sotheby's, Jan 2021 | ||
| Stefano Della Bella | Portrait équestre | Bonhams, Apr 2024 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.