Lot 10 · Old Masters Part I
A portrait of the artist (?), presenting the Virgin in Prayer
Michael Sweerts · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £400,000–£600,000 hammer ≈ $502,437–$753,656
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Masters Part I , London · 7 December 2023
- Dimensions
- 17 ¾ x 13 ½ in. (45.1 x 34.3 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3295392
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Michael Sweerts, A portrait of the artist (?), presenting the Virgin in Prayer. Christie's, 7 Dec 2023, lot 10. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3295392.
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Michael Sweerts, A portrait of the artist (?), presenting the Virgin in Prayer. Christie's, 7 Dec 2023, lot 10. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3295392.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait of a gentleman, probably James, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton (15… | ANGLO-FLEMISH SCHOOL, 1610 | £250,000–£350,000 | |
| A wooded landscape with a lake, anglers in the foreground | GEORGE BARRET, R.A. (DUBLIN 1728-1784 LONDON) | £150,000–£250,000 | |
| A street scene with figures | Jacobus Vrel | £250,000–£350,000 | |
| Head of a man, bust-length, wearing a turban and black cloak | Pieter De Grebber | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| Return from the Kermesse | Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | £1,000,000–£1,500,000 | |
| Venice: The Mouth of the Grand Canal from the East; and The Molo, wit… | Giovanni Antonio Canal, Called Canaletto | £8,000,000–£12,000,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Sweerts | Jeune homme au turban tenant un roemer retourné : le test de | $1,801,371 | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | |
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | The wedding procession | Sotheby's, Jan 2023 | ||
| Sir Anthony Van Dyck | Saint Sebastian after His Ordeal | Christie's, Jul 2017 | ||
| Sir Anthony Van Dyck | Portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria, three-quarter-length, in | Christie's, Dec 2022 | ||
| Francesco Guardi | venice, a view of the grand canal with san simeone piccolo | Sotheby's, Jul 2019 | ||
| Sir Peter Paul Rubens | The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne adored by Saints of the | Sotheby's, Dec 2025 | ||
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | Peasants feasting and merrymaking in a village street | Sotheby's, Jul 2022 | ||
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | The Return from the Inn | Sotheby's, May 2022 |
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