Lot 258 · Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolours
Nessus abducting Dejanira
Giovanni Battista Cipriani · black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, fragmentary watermark Strasburg lily, oval
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- Estimate
- £700–£1,000 hammer ≈ $1,101–$1,572
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolours, London (South Kensington) · 8 December 2011
- Dimensions
- 10 x 13¼ in. (25.5 x 33.5 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4640311
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-4640311 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4640311
Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Nessus abducting Dejanira. Christie's, 8 Dec 2011, lot 258. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4640311.
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Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Nessus abducting Dejanira. Christie's, 8 Dec 2011, lot 258. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4640311.
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|---|---|---|---|
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