Lot 96 · Old Master Paintings
and possibly Melchior de Hondecoeter (Utrecht 1636-1695 Amsterdam) A forest floor still life with a chaffinch, swallow and other birds, before a farmhouse
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- Estimate
- £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $5,578–$8,367
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Old Master Paintings, London, Knightsbridge · 25 April 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-1203882
- Record
- first seen 23 Jul 2026 · updated 23 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Abraham Jansz. Begeyn, and possibly Melchior de Hondecoeter (Utrecht 1636-1695 Amsterdam) A forest floor still life with a chaffinch, swallow and other birds, before a farmhouse. Bonhams, 25 Apr 2018, lot 96. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1203882.
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Abraham Jansz. Begeyn, and possibly Melchior de Hondecoeter (Utrecht 1636-1695 Amsterdam) A forest floor still life with a chaffinch, swallow and other birds, before a farmhouse. Bonhams, 25 Apr 2018, lot 96. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1203882.
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From the same sale Old Master Paintings · Apr 2018
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| An elegant interior with figures eating and drinking, | Circle Of Wolfgang Heimbach | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Portrait of a family group in a park landscape | Horemans The Elder, Jan Josef | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Elegant company drinking tea in the garden of a country house | Jan Baptist Lambrechts | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| The quack doctor | Jan Miense Molenaer | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| 1638 Portrait of Oliver Sawle, three-quarter-length, holding a staff | English School | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| late 17th Century Portrait of the artist drinking from a glass | After Pieter Gerritsz. Van Roestraten | £2,000–£3,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham Jansz. Begeyn | An extensive evening landscape with a shepherd, a cow and go | $6,597 | Sotheby's, Sep 2023 | |
| Abraham Jansz. Begeyn | An Italianate landscape with figures conversing and watering | Christie's, Nov 2015 | ||
| Abraham Jansz. Begeyn | An Italianate river landscape with figures, sheep and cattle | Bonhams, Oct 2018 | ||
| Abraham Jansz. Begeyn | Peasants merrymaking beneath a wall | Sotheby's, Dec 2025 | ||
| Abraham Jansz. Begeyn | Sheep and goats resting in a wooded landscape, a town beyond | Bonhams, Sep 2022 | ||
| Abraham Jansz. Begeyn | A thistle with butterflies | Christie's, Jul 2000 | ||
| Abraham Jansz. Begeyn | Landscape with Shepherds and Animals | Lempertz, Sep 2018 | ||
| Abraham Jansz. Begeyn | A forest landscape with a goatherd resting with his flock | Christie's, May 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.