Lot 181 · Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction, Part I
Saint Jerome contemplating a skull
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- Estimate
- £30,000–£50,000 hammer ≈ $38,327–$63,879
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction, Part I, London · 6 July 2023
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5138609
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Hendrick De Somer, Saint Jerome contemplating a skull. Sotheby's, 6 Jul 2023, lot 181. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5138609.
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Hendrick De Somer, Saint Jerome contemplating a skull. Sotheby's, 6 Jul 2023, lot 181. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5138609.
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From the same sale Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction, Part I · Jul 2023
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait of Mrs Dorothy Jordan (1761–1816) as Rosalind in Shakespeare… | Sir William Beechey R.A | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Saint Ursula | School Of Utrecht, 17th Century | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| The Flaying of Marsyas | French Artist Working In Rome, Circa 1700 | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| A wooded landscape with travellers and peasants on a path by a pond, … | Abraham Govaerts | £30,000–£40,000 | |
| The stakenets at Villerville | Édouard Dantan | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Vulcan casting his net over Mars and Venus | Johann Carl Loth | £30,000–£40,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hendrick De Somer | Saint Paul of Thebes | $43,578 | Lempertz, May 2023 | |
| Hendrick De Somer | Saint Jerome contemplating a skull | Sotheby's, Dec 2025 | ||
| Roelandt Savery | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Apr 2026 | ||
| Hendrick De Somer | Saint Jerome | Lempertz, Nov 2024 | ||
| David Teniers The Younger | The Embarkation of Don Juan of Austria | Christie's, Jul 2024 | ||
| Roelandt Savery | A rocky wooded landscape with animals. 1627. | Koller, Mar 2026 | ||
| David Teniers The Younger | A river landscape with fishermen and shepherds | Sotheby's, Jul 2026 | ||
| Giuseppe Bernardino Bison | Venice, a view of the Molo with the Dogana and Santa Maria d | Sotheby's, Sep 2023 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.