Lot 51 · Old Master and 19th Century Drawings
A youth, bust-length, wearing a ruff
Donato Creti · black and white chalk, watermarks encircled scales and circle (twice)
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- Estimate
- £8,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $15,798–$23,696
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master and 19th Century Drawings, London · 8 July 2008
- Dimensions
- 14¾ x 9 in. (374 x 228 mm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5439694
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Donato Creti, A youth, bust-length, wearing a ruff. Christie's, 8 Jul 2008, lot 51. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5439694.
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Donato Creti, A youth, bust-length, wearing a ruff. Christie's, 8 Jul 2008, lot 51. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5439694.
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|---|---|---|---|
| A processional feast with musicians and people in costume, a woman on… | Giovanni Maria Morandi | £2,500–£3,500 | |
| Lot and his Daughters | Marco Liberi | £1,500–£2,000 | |
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| An extensive landscape with a peasant family crossing a bridge | Circle Of Jan Dirksz. Both | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| Hercules bringing the pelt of the Nemean Lion to Eurystheus | Circle Of Nicholas Poussin | £2,000–£4,000 | |
| The Fall of Rome | François Chauveau | £3,000–£5,000 |
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