Lot 146 · Old Masters Day Sale
an allegory of love [?]: twelve noblewomen seated in a garden, each holding an arrow
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- Estimate
- £30,000–£50,000 hammer ≈ $40,149–$66,914
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Masters Day Sale, London · 7 December 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4623749
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-4623749 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4623749
Claude Deruet, an allegory of love [?]: twelve noblewomen seated in a garden, each holding an arrow. Sotheby's, 7 Dec 2017, lot 146. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4623749.
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Claude Deruet, an allegory of love [?]: twelve noblewomen seated in a garden, each holding an arrow. Sotheby's, 7 Dec 2017, lot 146. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4623749.
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|---|---|---|---|
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