Lot 18 · Into Africa: Photographs by Peter Beard
A gentleman and a peasant making a deal on the sale of a pig in a pigsty
Mattheus Van Helmont · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- €2,000–€3,000 hammer ≈ $2,975–$4,462
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Into Africa: Photographs by Peter Beard, New York · 26 February 2008
- Dimensions
- 42.4 x 56 cm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4371371
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Mattheus Van Helmont, A gentleman and a peasant making a deal on the sale of a pig in a pigsty. Christie's, 26 Feb 2008, lot 18. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4371371.
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Mattheus Van Helmont, A gentleman and a peasant making a deal on the sale of a pig in a pigsty. Christie's, 26 Feb 2008, lot 18. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4371371.
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