Lot 14 · Old Masters
Portrait of a young man, half-length, in black with a wide ruff, holding a letter in his right hand
Bartolomeo Passarotti · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- $100,000–$150,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Masters, New York · 4 February 2026
- Dimensions
- 21 x 19 in. (53.4 x 48.3 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3102694
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Bartolomeo Passarotti, Portrait of a young man, half-length, in black with a wide ruff, holding a letter in his right hand. Christie's, 4 Feb 2026, lot 14. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3102694.
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Bartolomeo Passarotti, Portrait of a young man, half-length, in black with a wide ruff, holding a letter in his right hand. Christie's, 4 Feb 2026, lot 14. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3102694.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| A still life with a blue-and-white vase of flowers, a gilt tazza with… | MASTER OF THE HARTFORD STILL LIFE (ACTIVE IN ROME, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY) | $100,000–$150,000 | |
| A village scene with the Flight into Egypt | Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | $1,000,000–$1,500,000 | |
| Venice, the Bucintoro at the Molo on Ascension Day | Giovanni Antonio Canal, Called Canaletto | — |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartolomeo Passarotti | Portrait of a vintner, half-length, in a ruff and black hat | $75,000 | Christie's, Jan 2015 | |
| Bartolomeo Passarotti | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Apr 2024 | ||
| Bartolomeo Passarotti | Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in a black do | Christie's, Jun 2026 | ||
| Bartolomeo Passarotti | study for the head of a man looking up | Sotheby's, Dec 2017 | ||
| Bartolomeo Passarotti | study for the head of a man looking down | Sotheby's, Dec 2017 | ||
| Bartolomeo Passarotti | portrait of lope varona di villanahue of burgos, half length | Sotheby's, May 2016 | ||
| Luca Giordano | The Lamentation of Christ | Sotheby's, Jun 2021 | ||
| Bartolomeo Passarotti | Study of Seated Woman Sleeping | Sotheby's, Jan 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.