Lot 120 · Sotheby's AM0973
peasants sitting around a table and smoking, figures near a fireplace in the background
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- Estimate
- €4,000–€6,000 hammer ≈ $4,667–$7,000
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's AM0973 · 15 November 2005
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3333541
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Mattheus Van Helmont, peasants sitting around a table and smoking, figures near a fireplace in the background. Sotheby's, 15 Nov 2005, lot 120. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3333541.
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Mattheus Van Helmont, peasants sitting around a table and smoking, figures near a fireplace in the background. Sotheby's, 15 Nov 2005, lot 120. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3333541.
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From the same sale Sotheby's AM0973 · Nov 2005
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| a Sculptor's Studio | Balthasar Van Den Bossche | €5,000–€7,000 | |
| Pièta | Adriaen Isenbrant | €7,000–€9,000 | |
| Cimon and Pero ('Caritas Romana') | Gerard Douffet | €6,000–€8,000 | |
| An old woman holding a candle and an empty purse | Gerrit Van Honthorst | €3,000–€5,000 | |
| Three Head Studies of a Roebuck | Jan Brueghel The Younger | €20,000–€30,000 | |
| The Madonna and Child | Joos Van Cleve | €8,000–€12,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Vrancx | Rocky River Landscape with Peasants Harvesting Grapes | $4,702 | Lempertz, Nov 2022 | |
| Sebastian Vrancx | Allegory of Spring with Elegant CompanyAllegory of Summer wi | Lempertz, May 2025 | ||
| Mattheus Van Helmont | an interior scene with an alchemist and his assistant, toget | Sotheby's, Nov 2004 | ||
| Sebastian Vrancx | A woman in profile to the left holding a fan | Sotheby's, Feb 2025 | ||
| Sebastian Vrancx | River landscape with travelers and pigs loaded into a boat | | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 | ||
| Jan Miense Molenaer | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Dec 2022 | ||
| Joost Cornelisz. Droochsloot | A village kermesse | Bonhams, Apr 2019 | ||
| Sebastian Vrancx | Aeneas Enters the Underworld (Aeneid, Book VI, lines 285ff) | Sotheby's, Jan 2018 |
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