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- Estimate
- £6,000–£8,000 hammer ≈ $9,382–$12,510
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — L12040, London · 4 July 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4102251
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Prospero Fontana, design for a spandrel with two male nudes. Sotheby's, 4 Jul 2012, lot 7. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4102251.
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Prospero Fontana, design for a spandrel with two male nudes. Sotheby's, 4 Jul 2012, lot 7. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4102251.
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From the same sale L12040 · Jul 2012
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A centaur holding a lyre, galloping with a female faun | Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo | £14,000–£18,000 | |
| The stoning of St. Stephen | Giovanni Baglione | £12,000–£15,000 | |
| Portrait of Thomas Brudenell, later Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Aile… | Catherine Read | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Study of a printmaker | — | £4,000–£5,000 | |
| The Abduction of Helen | Charles-joseph Natoire | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Italianate landscape with ruins | Jan Symonsz Pynas | £3,000–£4,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prospero Fontana | Two music-making angels | $5,625 | Sotheby's, Jan 2012 | |
| Prospero Fontana | A) The Emperor Julian | B) The contest between Reason and Pa | Sotheby's, Jul 2026 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | Eight studies of trophies of war | Sotheby's, Feb 2025 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Mar 2021 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | Caricature of a gentleman seated at a table | Caricature d'u | Sotheby's, Jul 2023 | ||
| Prospero Fontana | a: the emperor julianb: the contest between reason and passi | Sotheby's, Jul 2007 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | Portrait of Père Théophile | Sotheby's, Jan 2024 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | Study of a seated male nude, his leg raised and his head res | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 |
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.