Lot 188 · Old Masters Day Sale
Elegant figures disembarking in a grotto
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- Estimate
- £8,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $10,130–$15,194
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Masters Day Sale, London · 8 December 2016
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4529463
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Follower Of Claude Joseph Vernet, Elegant figures disembarking in a grotto. Sotheby's, 8 Dec 2016, lot 188. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4529463.
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Follower Of Claude Joseph Vernet, Elegant figures disembarking in a grotto. Sotheby's, 8 Dec 2016, lot 188. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4529463.
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