Lot 145 · Nineteenth Century European Art
Guarding the nest
Michelangelo Meucci · oil on board, oval, in a ornate Florentine carved frame
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- Estimate
- £1,000–£2,000 hammer ≈ $1,974–$3,948
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Nineteenth Century European Art, London (South Kensington) · 10 July 2008
- Dimensions
- 11¼ x 9 in. (28.7 x 23 in.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5438499
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Michelangelo Meucci, Guarding the nest. Christie's, 10 Jul 2008, lot 145. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5438499.
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Michelangelo Meucci, Guarding the nest. Christie's, 10 Jul 2008, lot 145. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5438499.
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From the same sale Nineteenth Century European Art · Jul 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before the performance | Albert Ernest Carrier-belleuse | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Little darling | Hermann Winterhalter | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Apples | Antoine Vollon | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| A lake landscape | Arkadii Solov'iev (Latvian, b. 1895) | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Poultry in the yard; and Another similar | Albertus Verhoesen | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| A Rabbi in contemplation | Alois Heinrich Priechenfried | £2,000–£3,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michelangelo Meucci | [no title recorded] | $2,232 | Dorotheum, Sep 2022 | |
| Michelangelo Meucci | Still Life Of Game Birds On Trompe L'Oeil Ground, a pair | Heritage Auctions, May 2007 | ||
| Michelangelo Meucci | A Pair of Panel Paintings of Perching Birds framed 49.0 x 26 | Bonhams, Jun 2024 | ||
| Michelangelo Meucci | A still life with peaches and grapes 27 x 22in | Bonhams, May 2014 | ||
| Michelangelo Meucci | Songbirds | Christie's, Jan 2012 | ||
| Michelangelo Meucci | Hanging songbirds, a set of five each 24.2 x 19.8cm (9 1/2 x | Bonhams, Nov 2014 | ||
| Michelangelo Meucci | Hanging songbirds; two further similar | Christie's, Aug 2005 | ||
| Michelangelo Meucci | Trompe l'oeil Still life with a Green Woodpecker and a Duck | Sotheby's, Oct 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.