Lot 241 · Old Master and British Pictures
Calypso calling heaven and earth to witness her sincere affection to Ulysses
Angelica Kauffman · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £60,000–£80,000 hammer ≈ $122,041–$162,721
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master and British Pictures, London · 7 December 2007
- Dimensions
- 66 x 48 in. (167.7 x 121.9 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5494128
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Angelica Kauffman, Calypso calling heaven and earth to witness her sincere affection to Ulysses. Christie's, 7 Dec 2007, lot 241. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5494128.
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Angelica Kauffman, Calypso calling heaven and earth to witness her sincere affection to Ulysses. Christie's, 7 Dec 2007, lot 241. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5494128.
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|---|---|---|---|
| A peasant, bust-length, in a green coat and cap | Studio Of Pieter Brueghel II | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| A village kermesse on St. George's Day | Studio Of David Vinckboons | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| The Harrowing of Hell | Follower Of Hieronymous Bosch | £10,000–£15,000 | |
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| A Mediterranean coastal inlet with merchants unloading boats, a templ… | Jan Asselyn | £20,000–£30,000 | |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angelica Kauffman | [no title recorded] | $167,933 | Dorotheum, Apr 2019 | |
| Angelica Kauffman | The Persian Sibyl | Christie's, Feb 2025 | ||
| Angelica Kauffman | Portrait of Jemima Ord (d.1812), three-quarter-length, in a | Christie's, Jun 2006 | ||
| Angelica Kauffman | Portrait of a lady, possibly an allegory of Poetry, small ha | Christie's, Apr 2007 | ||
| Angelica Kauffman | Amélie et Céladon | Christie's, Jun 2023 | ||
| Angelica Kauffman | Portrait en pied de William Henry Lambton (1764-1797) dans u | Christie's, Jun 2021 | ||
| Angelica Kauffman | Portrait of Elizabeth Kerr, née Fortescue, Marchioness of Lo | Bonhams, Jul 2018 | ||
| Angelica Kauffman | Electra offering a lock of hair to Chrysothemis, within a pa | Bonhams, Dec 2019 |
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.