Lot 31 · Old Master Paintings Evening Sale
a young artist seated drawing among roman ruins, two friends behind him and a beggar with his family before him
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- Estimate
- £100,000–£150,000 hammer ≈ $160,714–$241,072
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master Paintings Evening Sale, London · 8 July 2009
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3871407
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Michael Sweerts, a young artist seated drawing among roman ruins, two friends behind him and a beggar with his family before him. Sotheby's, 8 Jul 2009, lot 31. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3871407.
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Michael Sweerts, a young artist seated drawing among roman ruins, two friends behind him and a beggar with his family before him. Sotheby's, 8 Jul 2009, lot 31. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3871407.
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From the same sale Old Master Paintings Evening Sale · Jul 2009
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Study of a Young Woman in Profile | Salomon De Bray | £500,000–£700,000 | |
| The Holy Family with the infant St John the Baptist | Valerio Castello | £80,000–£120,000 | |
| Granida and Daifilo | Dirck Van Baburen | £400,000–£600,000 | |
| Venice, The ridotto at Palazzo Dandolo, with masked figures dancing a… | Francesco Guardi | £800,000–£1,200,000 | |
| Venice, the Grand Canal with a view of the church of San Stae | Michele Marieschi | £600,000–£800,000 | |
| A river landscape with a woman crossing a bridge and three men in a b… | François Boucher | £60,000–£80,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Sweerts | A Young Artist drawing Beggars in a Landscape | $98,451 | Lempertz, Jun 2021 | |
| Francesco Guardi | Capriccio landscape with a ruined arch and figures beside a | Sotheby's, Jul 2026 | ||
| Francesco Guardi | Venice, A View of the Island and the Church of San Giorgio M | Sotheby's, Feb 2025 | ||
| Francesco Guardi | Venice, a view of the Grand Canal with San Simeone Piccolo | Sotheby's, Jun 2017 | ||
| Michael Sweerts | portrait of a boy | Sotheby's, Jan 2019 | ||
| Jan Brueghel The Younger | A woodland road with travellers, herdsmen and cattle | Sotheby's, Jul 2023 | ||
| Michael Sweerts | The Baptism of Christ | Bonhams, Dec 2020 | ||
| Sir Anthony Van Dyck | portrait of hubert du hot (b. circa 1573), three-quarter len | Sotheby's, Jun 2020 |
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.