Lot 196 · Christie's Interiors
An Allegory of Earthly Life: a king disputes with Father Time observed by Mars, Mercury and Venus and Cupid, as Diana points her arrow at the earth below: there, a dentist is at work by a palace from which are driven away beggars, as a geographer, doctor
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- Estimate
- £12,000–£18,000 hammer ≈ $19,590–$29,385
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Christie's Interiors , London (South Kensington) · 10 July 1998
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4889314
- Record
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The Brunswick Monogrammist, An Allegory of Earthly Life: a king disputes with Father Time observed by Mars, Mercury and Venus and Cupid, as Diana points her arrow at the earth below: there, a dentist is at work by a palace from which are driven away beggars, as a geographer, doctor. Christie's, 10 Jul 1998, lot 196. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4889314.
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The Brunswick Monogrammist, An Allegory of Earthly Life: a king disputes with Father Time observed by Mars, Mercury and Venus and Cupid, as Diana points her arrow at the earth below: there, a dentist is at work by a palace from which are driven away beggars, as a geographer, doctor. Christie's, 10 Jul 1998, lot 196. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4889314.
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From the same sale Christie's Interiors · Jul 1998
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tea for two | John Yardley | £500–£700 | |
| A village in winter with figures skating on a frozen river | Frans De Momper | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| Plums and nectarines in a porcelain bowl with cherries on a partly dr… | Jacob Van Hulsdonck | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| A wooded landscape with travellers and an upset cart on a wooded trac… | Jan Brueghel I | £400,000–£600,000 | |
| View of the Kloveniersburgwal in Amsterdam | Isaac Ouwater | £35,000–£50,000 | |
| Grapes in a basket, peaches on a silver dish, chestnuts, a Large Whit… | Willem Van Aelst | £150,000–£250,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Brunswick Monogrammist | A dispute in a brothel | $73,089 | Christie's, May 2007 | |
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| David Ii Teniers | Portrait of a young gentleman, bust-length | Christie's, May 2023 | ||
| David Ii Teniers | Allegory of Spring | Christie's, Jan 2023 | ||
| The Brunswick Monogrammist | Saint John the Baptist Preaching in the Wilderness | Christie's, Dec 2005 | ||
| Luca Giordano | CIRCLE OF Susanna and the Elders | Hermitage Fine Art, Nov 2021 | ||
| David Ii Teniers | A tavern interior with boors playing cards | Christie's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Luca Giordano | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Jun 2020 |
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