Lot 89 · Old Master and British Drawings
Three female heads, one turned to the left and two to the right
Jean-Antoine Watteau · black, red and white chalk, on gray paper
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- Estimate
- $15,000–$20,000 hammer
- Result
- upcoming — 5 February 2026
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master and British Drawings, New York · 5 February 2026
- Dimensions
- 5 1⁄8 x 6 ¾ in. (13 x 17 cm)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3102252
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-3102252 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3102252
Jean-Antoine Watteau, Three female heads, one turned to the left and two to the right. Christie's, 5 Feb 2026, lot 89. estimate $15,000–$20,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3102252.
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90% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 92,006 held-out lots the model scored about 88%, 84% sold.
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Jean-Antoine Watteau, Three female heads, one turned to the left and two to the right. Christie's, 5 Feb 2026, lot 89. estimate $15,000–$20,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3102252.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl with the Golden Bough | ARMAND-JULIEN PALLIÈRE (BORDEAUX 1784-1862) | $4,000–$6,000 | upcoming |
| Five figures leaning over a ledge | Giulio Campi | $5,000–$8,000 | upcoming |
| A seated woman reading with a child | After Raffaello Sanzio, Called Raphael | $1,000–$2,000 | |
| Study for a foot of the Libyan Sibyl (recto); Study of a leg with kne… | Michelangelo Buonarroti. 1475-1564. | $1,500,000–$2,000,000 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Antoine Watteau | cinq personnages de comédie se dirigeant vers la gauche | $19,302 | Sotheby's, Oct 2011 | |
| Jean-Antoine Watteau | A Study of Hands | Hammersite, Sep 2020 | ||
| Jean-Antoine Watteau | A young woman in a polonais costume, seated and turned to th | Christie's, Jan 2009 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | A sheet of studies of three heads of satyrs and the head of | Sotheby's, Feb 2025 | ||
| Jean-Antoine Watteau | the marriage contract; the village bride | Sotheby's, May 2018 | ||
| Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo | Three frolicking putti | Sotheby's, Jul 2025 | ||
| Jean-Antoine Watteau | An Italian town seen from outside the walls | Christie's, Jan 2016 | ||
| Jean-Antoine Watteau | A seated woman holding a fan | Christie's, Jul 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.