Lot 119 · Master Drawings from the Oppé Collection
An encampment at Louvain
Josua De Grave · black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash, pen and brown ink framing lines
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- Estimate
- £600–£800 hammer ≈ $1,186–$1,582
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Master Drawings from the Oppé Collection , London · 5 December 2006
- Dimensions
- 5½ x 7 7/8 in. (139 x 198 mm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5611789
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Josua De Grave, An encampment at Louvain. Christie's, 5 Dec 2006, lot 119. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5611789.
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Josua De Grave, An encampment at Louvain. Christie's, 5 Dec 2006, lot 119. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5611789.
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From the same sale Master Drawings from the Oppé Collection · Dec 2006
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A procession leaving the gates of a walled city | Cesare Gennari | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| The poet Baldini drinking in Melosi's bar | Pier Francesco Mola | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Jael and Sisera | Venetian School, 18th Century | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| A landscape with trees and a walled park | Wenceslaus Hollar | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Head of a man in a feathered cap, in profile to the left | Willem Pietersz. Buytewech | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Ecce Homo | Italian School, 17th Century | £600–£800 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josua De Grave | Buildings on a rise by a town in a valley | $2,340 | Christie's, Nov 2000 | |
| Flemish School 18th Century | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Dec 2024 | ||
| German School, 18th Century | The Adoration of the Magi | Sotheby's, Dec 2024 | ||
| Josua De Grave | View of the ‘hortillonages’ in Amiens | Christie's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Dutch School, 18th Century | Portrait of a Lady | Sotheby's, Jul 2025 | ||
| Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo | A Woman holding a baby (The Judgement of Solomon) | Sotheby's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Josua De Grave | A goatherd on a path, a mountain landscape beyond; and An ex | Christie's, Apr 2007 | ||
| Josua De Grave | rocky landscape with figures on a river bank, below a castle | Sotheby's, Jul 2013 |
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.