Lot 45 · Sotheby's AM0961
a forest floor still life with an aspis adder attacking a red admiral, together with a peacock butterfly and other butterflies, a lizard, snails and a gold thistle, with a bird and a rat near a bird's nest
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- Estimate
- €3,000–€5,000 hammer ≈ $3,856–$6,427
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's AM0961 · 10 May 2005
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3232721
- Record
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Ernst Stuven, a forest floor still life with an aspis adder attacking a red admiral, together with a peacock butterfly and other butterflies, a lizard, snails and a gold thistle, with a bird and a rat near a bird's nest. Sotheby's, 10 May 2005, lot 45. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3232721.
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Ernst Stuven, a forest floor still life with an aspis adder attacking a red admiral, together with a peacock butterfly and other butterflies, a lizard, snails and a gold thistle, with a bird and a rat near a bird's nest. Sotheby's, 10 May 2005, lot 45. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3232721.
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From the same sale Sotheby's AM0961 · May 2005
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ blessing the children | Francken The Elder, Frans | €4,000–€6,000 | |
| Madonna and child | Joos Van Cleve | €2,000–€3,000 | |
| The Rape of Europa | J.*h.* Bosch | €8,000–€12,000 | |
| The Finding of Moses | Cornelis Van Poelenburgh | €10,000–€15,000 | |
| Noli me tangere | Adriaen Van Der Werff | €15,000–€20,000 | |
| The temptation of St. Anthony | Mattheus Van Helmont | €15,000–€20,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernst Stuven | [no title recorded] | $7,557 | Dorotheum, Nov 2020 | |
| Ernst Stuven | a still life of grapes, peaches and corn in a basket, on a s | Sotheby's, Dec 2012 | ||
| Ernst Stuven | Still Life with Fruit and a Mouse | Lempertz, May 2018 | ||
| Ernst Stuven | Still life of flowers, with roses, tulips and peonies in a v | Koller, Mar 2023 | ||
| Ernst Stuven | Still Life with Peaches and Grapes (Fragment) | Lempertz, Nov 2024 | ||
| Jan Brueghel The Younger | Winter Village Landscape with Skaters | Lempertz, Nov 2023 | ||
| Nicolaes Maes | portrait of a young girl by a fountain with her dog, a lands | Sotheby's, Apr 2014 | ||
| Jan Miense Molenaer | Danseurs dans une taverne | Bonhams, Apr 2025 |
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.