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Lot 49 · Old Master Paintings Day Auction

Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a blue and grey dress, with a blue and gold ribbon in her hair, seated in a landscape

John Closterman

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Estimate
£4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $5,024–$7,537
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Old Master Paintings Day Auction, London · 7 December 2023
Record ID
TB-2026-5179222
Record
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John Closterman, Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a blue and grey dress, with a blue and gold ribbon in her hair, seated in a landscape. Sotheby's, 7 Dec 2023, lot 49. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5179222.

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John Closterman, Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a blue and grey dress, with a blue and gold ribbon in her hair, seated in a landscape. Sotheby's, 7 Dec 2023, lot 49. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5179222.

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