Lot 157 · Sotheby's L04032
The Adoration of the Magi; The Adoration of the Shepherds
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- Estimate
- £60,000–£80,000 hammer ≈ $111,110–$148,146
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's L04032 · 8 July 2004
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3081052
- Record
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Prospero Fontana, The Adoration of the Magi; The Adoration of the Shepherds. Sotheby's, 8 Jul 2004, lot 157. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3081052.
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Prospero Fontana, The Adoration of the Magi; The Adoration of the Shepherds. Sotheby's, 8 Jul 2004, lot 157. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3081052.
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|---|---|---|---|
| A winter landscape, with figures carrying wood beside a river | Francesco Foschi | £14,000–£18,000 | |
| Saint Agnes | — | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| An Allegory of Wisdom | Jacob De Backer | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| The vision of Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos | — | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Christ crowned with thorns | — | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| An Allegory of Earth | Jan Brueghel The Younger | £30,000–£40,000 |
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| Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | Two Zephyrs carrying a vase | Sotheby's, Jan 2022 | ||
| Hubert Robert Paris | Banditti by a fountain with a statue of abundance, two pyram | Christie's, May 2025 | ||
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| Prospero Fontana | the holy family with the infant saint john the baptist | Sotheby's, Jul 2004 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | The martyrdom of Saint Agatha. | Koller, Mar 2026 | ||
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