Lot 3 · Master Paintings Evening Sale
a skeleton standing on an open coffin holding a skull and an arrow, as an allegory of earthly vanity and divine salvation
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- Estimate
- $60,000–$80,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Master Paintings Evening Sale, New York · 29 January 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4807628
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Netherlandish School, Mid-16th Century, a skeleton standing on an open coffin holding a skull and an arrow, as an allegory of earthly vanity and divine salvation. Sotheby's, 29 Jan 2020, lot 3. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4807628.
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Netherlandish School, Mid-16th Century, a skeleton standing on an open coffin holding a skull and an arrow, as an allegory of earthly vanity and divine salvation. Sotheby's, 29 Jan 2020, lot 3. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4807628.
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|---|---|---|---|
| workshop of andrea del verrocchio | madonna and child | Workshop Of Andrea Del Verrocchio | $800,000–$1,200,000 | |
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| Circle Of Peter Paul Rubens | The Mater Dolorosa | Christie's, Jul 2013 | ||
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