Lot 18 · Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction
Dutch shipping under way in a moderate breeze from the anchorage off Vlieland
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- Estimate
- £1,200,000–£1,800,000 hammer ≈ $1,597,262–$2,395,893
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction, London · 3 December 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5341079
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Willem Van De Velde The Elder, Dutch shipping under way in a moderate breeze from the anchorage off Vlieland. Sotheby's, 3 Dec 2025, lot 18. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5341079.
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Willem Van De Velde The Elder, Dutch shipping under way in a moderate breeze from the anchorage off Vlieland. Sotheby's, 3 Dec 2025, lot 18. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5341079.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| A singing boy playing a stringed instrument | Hendrick Ter Brugghen | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| Heavy Seas | Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky | £500,000–£800,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Called Il Guercino | Jacob holding Joseph's bloodied coat | $1,865,000 | Sotheby's, Jan 2023 | |
| François Boucher | sleeping bacchantes surprised by satyrs | Sotheby's, Feb 2013 | ||
| Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Called Il Guercino | A vanitas still life with a skull atop a book, an hourglass | Christie's, May 2019 | ||
| François Boucher | Sleeping Diana | Christie's, Feb 2025 | ||
| Willem Van De Velde The Elder | A coastal scene with a three-master, a kaag on a broad reach | Sotheby's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Joseph Mallord William Turner Ra | the lake of lucerne from brunnen | Sotheby's, Jul 2018 | ||
| Joseph Mallord William Turner Ra | Sunrise over the Sea, perhaps at Margate | Christie's, Jul 2023 | ||
| Willem Van De Velde The Elder | dutch harbor in a calm with small vessels inshore and beache | Sotheby's, Jan 2015 |
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.