Lot 8 · Sotheby's L05031
peasants making merry outside a tavern 'the swan'
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- Estimate
- £350,000–£500,000 hammer ≈ $471,915–$674,165
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's L05031 · 7 July 2005
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3278890
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Brueghel The Younger, Pieter, peasants making merry outside a tavern 'the swan'. Sotheby's, 7 Jul 2005, lot 8. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3278890.
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Brueghel The Younger, Pieter, peasants making merry outside a tavern 'the swan'. Sotheby's, 7 Jul 2005, lot 8. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3278890.
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| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semiramis called to Arms | Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Called Il Guercino | £500,000–£700,000 | |
| Vertumnus and Pomona | Abraham Bloemaert | €70,000–€90,000 | |
| Queen Tomyris receiving the head of Cyrus, King of Persia | Mattia Preti | £80,000–£120,000 | |
| Study of three heads of children | Giulio Cesare Procaccini | £80,000–£120,000 | |
| Saint Jerome | Jan Sanders Van Hemessen | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| The Adoration of the Magi | Jan De Bray | £50,000–£70,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | A peasant offering a cock to his companion; a fisherman offe | $498,934 | Sotheby's, Dec 2021 | |
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | The Visit to the Farm | Sotheby's, Jul 2023 | ||
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | pieter brueghel the younger | a village scene with peasants | Sotheby's, Jul 2020 | ||
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | The Blind Hurdy-Gurdy Player | Christie's, Nov 2006 | ||
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | A Flemish Proverb: ‘The man who cuts wood and meat with the | Christie's, Jul 2016 | ||
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | The Wedding Dance | Sotheby's, May 2024 | ||
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | peasants greeting one another; two monks in front of an inn; | Sotheby's, Apr 2015 | ||
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | The peasant lawyer | Sotheby's, Dec 2022 |
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.