Lot 64 · Old Master Drawings
persephone picking flowers as pluto passes in his chariot, with cupid aiming his arrow in the distance
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- Estimate
- $35,000–$45,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master Drawings, New York · 28 January 2009
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3834204
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Jean Cousin The Younger, persephone picking flowers as pluto passes in his chariot, with cupid aiming his arrow in the distance. Sotheby's, 28 Jan 2009, lot 64. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3834204.
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Jean Cousin The Younger, persephone picking flowers as pluto passes in his chariot, with cupid aiming his arrow in the distance. Sotheby's, 28 Jan 2009, lot 64. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3834204.
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From the same sale Old Master Drawings · Jan 2009
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| the judgement of Brutus | Hans Bock The Elder | $20,000–$25,000 | |
| Abraham and Sarah | — | $7,000–$9,000 | |
| Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden | — | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Mrs Fuseli seen from behind, brandishing a riding whip | R.a. Henry Fuseli | $7,000–$9,000 | |
| the death of Sapphira | Antonio Gioia | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Rest on the flight into Egypt | Giovanni Raffaele Badaracco | $5,000–$7,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Cousin The Younger | The Abduction of Ganymede by Jupiter, in the guise of an eag | $31,200 | Sotheby's, Feb 2025 | |
| Jean Cousin The Younger | A river landscape with an ancient town | Christie's, Dec 2020 | ||
| François Boucher | A pastoral scene: a young shepherd looking at a shepherdess | Sotheby's, Jul 2023 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Antichità d'Albano e di Castel Gandolfo . Rome: 1764. [ Boun | Christie's, Jul 2023 | ||
| Giuseppe Bernardino Bison | Venice, a pair of views: The departure of the Bucintoro; The | Sotheby's, Dec 2024 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | Allegorical Figures of Valor and Fame | Christie's, Jul 2026 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | Head of a bearded old man | Sotheby's, Jan 2023 | ||
| Giuseppe Bernardino Bison | Venice, San Giorgio Maggiore by moonlight | Sotheby's, Mar 2026 |
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