Lot 66 · Sotheby's AM0923
a peasant sitting at a table being courted and robbed by three young ladies, an old spinster in the background and a boy picking fruit from the table
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- Estimate
- €8,000–€12,000 hammer ≈ $9,586–$14,380
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's AM0923 · 18 May 2004
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3049534
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Marten Van Cleve, a peasant sitting at a table being courted and robbed by three young ladies, an old spinster in the background and a boy picking fruit from the table. Sotheby's, 18 May 2004, lot 66. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3049534.
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Marten Van Cleve, a peasant sitting at a table being courted and robbed by three young ladies, an old spinster in the background and a boy picking fruit from the table. Sotheby's, 18 May 2004, lot 66. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3049534.
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From the same sale Sotheby's AM0923 · May 2004
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ and the woman taken in adultery | Pieter Aertsen | €8,000–€12,000 | |
| The Angel and Tobias regaled by his parents (Tob. 11:20) | Marten De Vos | €8,000–€10,000 | |
| An elegant interior with a maternity visit | Jan Josef Horemans The Younger | €1,500–€2,000 | |
| An interior with a woman sleeping near a fireplace together with a ca… | Jacob Vrel | €25,000–€35,000 | |
| A wooded landscape with two farms | Roelof Jansz. Van Vries | €3,000–€5,000 | |
| The Adoration of the Magi | Karel Van Mander The Elder | €10,000–€15,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marten Van Cleve | [no title recorded] | $8,075 | Dorotheum, Dec 2021 | |
| Marten Van Cleve | "Boerenvreugd" (the peasants pleasure) - farmers drive rich | Lempertz, Nov 2025 | ||
| Jan Brueghel The Younger | The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John in a Landsca | Lempertz, May 2022 | ||
| Marten Van Cleve | The King Drinks | Sotheby's, Jan 2004 | ||
| Sir Peter Paul Rubens | Thetis receiving the Armour of Achilles from Vulcan | Sotheby's, Apr 2021 | ||
| Marten Van Cleve | Peasant woman holding a mug | Sotheby's, Dec 2009 | ||
| Jan Brueghel The Younger | Winter Village Landscape with Skaters | Lempertz, Nov 2023 | ||
| Thomas Heeremans | A winter scene with figures skating outside the town walls | Bonhams, Apr 2023 |
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.