Lot 479 · Old Master Pictures and Drawings
A pagan scene, a temple with a priest in the centre, after Desprez
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- Estimate
- £300–£500 hammer ≈ $437–$728
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master Pictures and Drawings , London (South Kensington) · 31 October 2001
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5965130
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Jean Duplessis-Bertaux, A pagan scene, a temple with a priest in the centre, after Desprez. Christie's, 31 Oct 2001, lot 479. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5965130.
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Jean Duplessis-Bertaux, A pagan scene, a temple with a priest in the centre, after Desprez. Christie's, 31 Oct 2001, lot 479. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5965130.
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From the same sale Old Master Pictures and Drawings · Oct 2001
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled, from Quatre Lithographies | WILLIAM DE KOONING | $3,000–$4,000 | |
| A cavalry battle | Circle Of Georg Philipp Rugendas I | £2,500–£3,500 | |
| Studies of part of an elaborate overdoor and of three figures | Called Marco Da Faenza Marco Marchetti | £800–£1,200 | |
| A nude turned to the left a contraposto | Florentine School, 19th Century | £700–£1,000 | |
| Two studies of a falling man | Donato Creti | £500–£700 | |
| A landscape with a bridge, a rider on the foreground, a village beyond | Antonio Calza | £400–£600 |
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