Lot 3 · Remastered: Old Masters from the Collection of J.E. Safra - Selling Without Reserve
Portrait of a gentleman holding a letter, full-length, seated with a sword beside a draped table with a globe, candlestick, inkwell, books and letter
Bartholomeus Breenbergh · oil on panel
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- Estimate
- $120,000–$180,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Remastered: Old Masters from the Collection of J.E. Safra - Selling Without Reserve, New York · 25 January 2023
- Dimensions
- 17 1/8 x 13 5/8 in. (43.5 x 34.5 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3391545
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Bartholomeus Breenbergh, Portrait of a gentleman holding a letter, full-length, seated with a sword beside a draped table with a globe, candlestick, inkwell, books and letter. Christie's, 25 Jan 2023, lot 3. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3391545.
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Bartholomeus Breenbergh, Portrait of a gentleman holding a letter, full-length, seated with a sword beside a draped table with a globe, candlestick, inkwell, books and letter. Christie's, 25 Jan 2023, lot 3. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3391545.
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From the same sale Remastered: Old Masters from the Collection of J.E. Safra - Selling Without Reserve · Jan 2023
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Magdalene renouncing worldly vanities | STUDIO OF ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI (ROME 1593-AFTER 1654 NAPLES) | $80,000–$120,000 | |
| Allegory of Summer | CIRCLE OF ABRAHAM JANSSENS II (ANTWERP 1616-1649 ROME) | $80,000–$120,000 | |
| Paris, a view of the Seine looking West, the equestrian statue of Hen… | FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1675 | $140,000–$200,000 | |
| Portrait of Marie-Denise Smits, née Gandolphe (1777-1857), full-lengt… | ANTOINE-JEAN-JOSEPH-ELÉONORE ANSIAUX (LIÈGE 1764-1840 PARIS) | $200,000–$300,000 | |
| An interior with two gentlemen and a woman beside a fire | Pieter De Hooch | $200,000–$300,000 | |
| Three shepherds playing a game of cards in a meadow landscape with ruins | Karel Dujardin | $60,000–$80,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartholomeus Breenbergh | Christ healing the blind | $117,100 | Christie's, Dec 2017 | |
| Bartholomeus Breenbergh | Alexander and Diogenes | Christie's, Dec 2000 | ||
| Bartholomeus Breenbergh | Allegory of Vanity | Christie's, Jan 2023 | ||
| Bartholomeus Breenbergh | Cimon und Iphigenia. 1638 | Grisebach, Jul 2015 | ||
| Bartholomeus Breenbergh | Nymphs Bathing | Sotheby's, Jan 2006 | ||
| Bartholomeus Breenbergh | an extensive pastoral landscape with figures resting beneath | Sotheby's, Jan 2008 | ||
| Bartholomeus Breenbergh | Extensive Italianate Landscape with the Finding of Moses | Sotheby's, Jan 2009 | ||
| Hubert Robert Paris | A peasant woman at a well | Sotheby's, May 2021 |
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.