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- Estimate
- £20,000–£30,000 hammer ≈ $25,793–$38,690
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Masters Day Sale, London · 7 July 2017
- Dimensions
- 21 ¼ x 26 ¾ in. (53.8 x 67.9 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3908126
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Pieter Huys, The Descent into Limbo. Christie's, 7 Jul 2017, lot 141. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3908126.
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Pieter Huys, The Descent into Limbo. Christie's, 7 Jul 2017, lot 141. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3908126.
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From the same sale Old Masters Day Sale · Jul 2017
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A fireworks display at the Castel Sant' Angelo, Rome | Louis De Caullery | £15,000–£25,000 | |
| Portrait of the artist, bust-length, in a slashed doublet and white c… | Roman School, Circa 1620 | £15,000–£25,000 | |
| The Battle between the Israelites and the Amalekites overlooked by Mo… | Aniello Falcone | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| Saint John the Baptist presenting a kneeling female donor – a fragment | Antoine De Lonhy | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| Figures skating on a frozen lake | Circle Of Hendrick Avercamp | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria (1609-1669), three-quarter-length, … | Studio Of Sir Anthony Van Dyck | £20,000–£30,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pieter Huys | Le tentazioni di Sant'Antonio | $36,048 | Sotheby's, May 2008 | |
| Pieter Huys | The Descent into Limbo | Christie's, Dec 2012 | ||
| Sir Joshua Reynolds P.r.a. | Portrait of Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, half-lengt | Chiswick Auctions, Jan 2026 | ||
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| Sir Joshua Reynolds P.r.a. | sir joshua reynolds, p.r.a. | portrait of richard crofts of | Sotheby's, Jun 2020 | ||
| George Romney | Portrait of Lady Diana Milner | Sotheby's, Feb 2025 | ||
| Pieter Huys | ATTRIBUTED TO Saint Anthony Abbot and Saint Paul of Thebes O | Bertolami Fine Art, Nov 2021 | ||
| Sir Joshua Reynolds P.r.a. | sir joshua reynolds, p.r.a. | portrait of lady mary leslie ( | Sotheby's, May 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.