Lot 52 · Old Master Drawings
recto: nine studies of heads and a partial study of a torso;verso: figure studies, probably for the beheading of st. john the baptist, and two other studies of heads
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- Estimate
- $35,000–$45,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master Drawings, New York · 25 January 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4064949
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Agostino Carracci, recto: nine studies of heads and a partial study of a torso;verso: figure studies, probably for the beheading of st. john the baptist, and two other studies of heads. Sotheby's, 25 Jan 2012, lot 52. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4064949.
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Agostino Carracci, recto: nine studies of heads and a partial study of a torso;verso: figure studies, probably for the beheading of st. john the baptist, and two other studies of heads. Sotheby's, 25 Jan 2012, lot 52. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4064949.
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