Lot 49 · Old Master Paintings
A still life of tulips, a crown imperial, snowdrops, lilies, irises, roses and other flowers in a glass vase with a lizard, butterflies, a dragonfly and other insects
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- Estimate
- £300,000–£500,000 hammer ≈ $461,062–$768,437
- Result
- upcoming — 8 July 2015
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Old Master Paintings, London, New Bond Street · 8 July 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-1807790
- Record
- first seen 23 Jul 2026 · updated 23 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Jan Van Kessel The Elder, A still life of tulips, a crown imperial, snowdrops, lilies, irises, roses and other flowers in a glass vase with a lizard, butterflies, a dragonfly and other insects. Bonhams, 8 Jul 2015, lot 49. estimate £300,000–£500,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1807790.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
70% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 91,573 held-out lots the model scored about 69%, 66% sold.
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Jan Van Kessel The Elder, A still life of tulips, a crown imperial, snowdrops, lilies, irises, roses and other flowers in a glass vase with a lizard, butterflies, a dragonfly and other insects. Bonhams, 8 Jul 2015, lot 49. estimate £300,000–£500,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1807790.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| An Allegory of Africa 42.7cm (16 13/16in.) diameter | — | £5,000–£7,000 | |
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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Van Kessel The Elder | a still life study of insects on a sprig of rosemary with bu | $509,000 | Sotheby's, Nov 2014 | |
| Jan Van Kessel The Elder | A still life of spring flowers in a glass vase on a table | | Sotheby's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Jan Van Kessel The Elder | butterflies, moths, a dragonfly and other insects, with a sp | Sotheby's, Jul 2017 | ||
| Jan Van Kessel The Elder | garden and house spiders with grass snakes and caterpillars | Sotheby's, Dec 2014 | ||
| Sir Peter Paul Rubens | Profile Portrait of a Boy in Historical Costume | Sotheby's, Feb 2025 | ||
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | The Visit to the Farm | Sotheby's, Jul 2023 | ||
| Jan Van Kessel The Elder | Tulips, roses, peonies and other flowers in a roemer | Sotheby's, Jun 2013 | ||
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | Peasants warming themselves beside a hearth | Sotheby's, Dec 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.