Lot 158 · Old Master Drawings incl.Leonardo da Vinci's Horse and Rider
Portrait of René Descartes, bust-length and leaning on a ledge, in a fictive arch
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- Estimate
- £3,000–£5,000 hammer ≈ $4,236–$7,060
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master Drawings incl.Leonardo da Vinci's Horse and Rider, London · 10 July 2001
- Record ID
- TB-2026-6242657
- Record
- first seen 29 Jul 2026 · updated 29 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Jan De Bisschop, Portrait of René Descartes, bust-length and leaning on a ledge, in a fictive arch. Christie's, 10 Jul 2001, lot 158. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6242657.
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Jan De Bisschop, Portrait of René Descartes, bust-length and leaning on a ledge, in a fictive arch. Christie's, 10 Jul 2001, lot 158. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6242657.
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From the same sale Old Master Drawings incl.Leonardo da Vinci's Horse and Rider · Jul 2001
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist in a wooded landscape ne… | Lodovico Carracci | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| A youth playing the viola da gamba | Bartolommeo Cesi | £50,000–£80,000 | |
| The prophet Jeremiah | Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Dit Le Guerchin | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| A seated soldier seen from behind, figures by a horse beyond | Gaetano Gandolfi | £10,000–£12,000 | |
| Bacchus and Vertumnus | Circle Of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| King Louis XIV in council attended by magistrates | Sébastien Leclerc | £3,000–£5,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan De Bisschop | Judith with the Head of Holofernes, after Giorgione | $20,337 | Sotheby's, Jul 2026 | |
| Jan De Bisschop | amaryllis and mirtillo after sir anthony van dyck | Sotheby's, Jul 2017 | ||
| Jan De Bisschop | A View by the Tuchthuis, Antwerp, with a Bridge Across a Riv | Sotheby's, Feb 2026 | ||
| Jan De Bisschop | The Virgin and child, after Giulio Romano | Christie's, Dec 2014 | ||
| Jan De Bisschop | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Apr 2019 | ||
| Jan De Bisschop | view from the garden of constantijn huygens' house, in the h | Sotheby's, Jul 2016 | ||
| Jan De Bisschop | Danza en una escena de bacanal | Ansorena, Apr 2022 | ||
| Jan De Bisschop | View of Katwijk-op-Zee | Sotheby's, Jan 2018 |
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.