Lot 88 · Old Master and 19th Century Drawings
Esau selling his birthright to Jacob ( Genesis 25:29-34)
Jacob Jordaens · black and red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white
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- Estimate
- £8,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $16,117–$24,176
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master and 19th Century Drawings, London · 3 July 2007
- Dimensions
- 7½ x 8 in. (191 x 204 mm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5542607
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Jacob Jordaens, Esau selling his birthright to Jacob ( Genesis 25:29-34). Christie's, 3 Jul 2007, lot 88. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5542607.
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Jacob Jordaens, Esau selling his birthright to Jacob ( Genesis 25:29-34). Christie's, 3 Jul 2007, lot 88. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5542607.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Head of a panther, after the Antique | Pier Leone Ghezzi | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| A seated drinker holding an earthenware pot | Cornelis Dusart | £2,000–£3,000 | |
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| Les Dômes | Jacques Rigaut 1898-1929 | £15,000–£25,000 | |
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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Jordaens | Head study of an elderly woman | $48,423 | Bonhams, Jul 2017 | |
| Jacob Jordaens | A Family Concert | Sotheby's, Jan 2024 | ||
| Jacob Jordaens | Jacob and Esau | Bonhams, Jul 2012 | ||
| Jacob Jordaens | A triton blowing his horn: Study for The gifts of the sea | Christie's, Jul 2015 | ||
| Jacob Jordaens | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Apr 2017 | ||
| Francesco Guardi | A view of the Rialto with the Riva del Vin | Sotheby's, Dec 2025 | ||
| Jacob Jordaens | A singing boy holidng sheet music | Christie's, Jan 2022 | ||
| Jan Josefsz Van Goyen | La traversée du bac | Sotheby's, Jun 2025 |
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.