Lot 158 · Old Master Paintings
Portrait of a young girl, possibly from the Molara family, bears inscription '-Spada-' (on the reverse, presumably transcribed from an earlier canvas)
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- Estimate
- £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $6,146–$9,218
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Old Master Paintings, London, Knightsbridge · 29 April 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-1865461
- Record
- first seen 23 Jul 2026 · updated 23 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Giovanni Battista. Passeri, Portrait of a young girl, possibly from the Molara family, bears inscription '-Spada-' (on the reverse, presumably transcribed from an earlier canvas). Bonhams, 29 Apr 2015, lot 158. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1865461.
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Giovanni Battista. Passeri, Portrait of a young girl, possibly from the Molara family, bears inscription '-Spada-' (on the reverse, presumably transcribed from an earlier canvas). Bonhams, 29 Apr 2015, lot 158. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1865461.
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From the same sale Old Master Paintings · Apr 2015
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait of Madame B., née Étiennette Delagrange, with her children | Jacques Antoine Vallin | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| early 18th Century An Italianate landscape with a figures before a town | Roman School | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| circa 1600 Head of a child, looking up to the right | Italian School | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| A proposed view for a crescent of houses on the Thames from Waterloo … | William Capon | £800–£1,200 | |
| A terracotta urn with grapes, peaches, plums and other fruit on a sto… | Jan Van Der Waarden | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| 1822 Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, | French School | £2,000–£3,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giovanni Battista. Passeri | Picturae Etruscorum In Vasculis nunc primum in unum collecta | $4,096 | Bonhams, Dec 2025 | |
| Balzac, Honore DE. 1799-1850. | 'I will no longer receive letters from people who take pleas | International Autograph Auctions, Nov 2023 | ||
| Balzac, Honore DE. 1799-1850. | lettre autographe a l'editeur charles gosselin, signée de ba | Sotheby's, Oct 2017 | ||
| Gesner, Conrad. 1516-1565. | Thier-, Vogel-, Fischbuch. 3 Teile in 1 Band, 1563-1581 | Ketterer Kunst, May 2024 | ||
| Gesner, Conrad. 1516-1565. | A new booke of destillatyon of waters, called the Treasure o | Christie's, Dec 2025 | ||
| Balzac, Honore DE. 1799-1850. | Le Médecin de campagne. 1834. 4 vol. in-12. Rel. de Pagant. | Sotheby's, May 2021 | ||
| Balzac, Honore DE. 1799-1850. | Scènes de la vie privée. Paris, 1830. Édition originale. Rel | Sotheby's, Oct 2024 | ||
| Balzac, Honore DE. 1799-1850. | le médecin de campagne. paris, mame-delaunay, février-juille | Sotheby's, Oct 2017 |
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.