Lot 87 · Old Master Pictures
An Allegory of Sight: a collector's cabinet, a view of Antwerp beyond
Jan Van Kessel II · oil on copper
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- Estimate
- £30,000–£40,000 hammer ≈ $57,452–$76,602
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master Pictures , London · 22 April 2005
- Dimensions
- 24 3/8 x 32½ in. (61.9 x 82.5 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5821007
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Jan Van Kessel II, An Allegory of Sight: a collector's cabinet, a view of Antwerp beyond. Christie's, 22 Apr 2005, lot 87. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5821007.
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Jan Van Kessel II, An Allegory of Sight: a collector's cabinet, a view of Antwerp beyond. Christie's, 22 Apr 2005, lot 87. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5821007.
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From the same sale Old Master Pictures · Apr 2005
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A coastal landscape with stevedores unloading a ship, a castle beyond | Adam Pynacker | £7,000–£10,000 | |
| A young woman holding a flower with an extensive landscape beyond | Circle Of Girolamo Da Carpi | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Lot and his Daughters | Giovanni Battista Beinaschi | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| A bread roll, peaches, an orange, a lemon segment, a porcelain dish w… | Pieter Janssens Elinga | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Apollo and Daphne: a bozzetto | Giacomo Del Pò | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Portrait of a bearded man, bust-length, in a red cloak | Jusepe de Ribera, lo Spagnoletto (Jativa, Valencia 1591-1652 Naples) | £12,000–£18,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Van Kessel II | A bowl of fruit, a bundle of asparagus, an artichoke, a bowl | $137,130 | Christie's, Jul 1998 | |
| Jan Van Kessel II | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Apr 2016 | ||
| Jan Van Kessel II | Roses, tulips, an iris and other flowers in a glass vase on | Christie's, Oct 2019 | ||
| Jan Van Kessel II | A Concert of Birds: An owl, pidgeon, canary, peacock and oth | Christie's, Jan 2003 | ||
| Jan Van Kessel II | Allegory of air | Christie's, Dec 2017 | ||
| Frans Francken II | Death and the Miser | Christie's, Jan 2023 | ||
| Jan Van Kessel II | Roses, a tulip, a poppy, cornflowers and orange blossom and | Christie's, Jul 2026 | ||
| Jan Van Kessel II | Parrot tulips, irises, roses and other flowers in a glass va | Christie's, Jul 2015 |
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.