Lot 61 · Old Master & British Drawings
A young woman offered at a slave market
Pierre-alexandre Wille · pen and brown ink, watermark ‘J Whatman’
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- Estimate
- $4,000–$6,000 hammer
- Result
- upcoming — 28 January 2022
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master & British Drawings , New York · 28 January 2022
- Dimensions
- in. (26.4 x 36 cm)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3489402
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Pierre-alexandre Wille, A young woman offered at a slave market. Christie's, 28 Jan 2022, lot 61. estimate $4,000–$6,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3489402.
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90% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 92,006 held-out lots the model scored about 91%, 91% sold.
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Pierre-alexandre Wille, A young woman offered at a slave market. Christie's, 28 Jan 2022, lot 61. estimate $4,000–$6,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3489402.
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|---|---|---|---|
| A calm on an estuary with boats and a windmill | ANTHONY ERKELENS (Rotterdam 1774-1804) | $4,000–$6,000 | upcoming |
| A matador delivering the coup de grâce at a bullfight, a large crowd … | JEAN-DÉMOSTHÈNE DUGOURC (Versailles 1749-1825 Paris) | $4,000–$6,000 | upcoming |
| Noah’s Sacrifice | Italian School, 17th Century | $3,000–$5,000 | upcoming |
| A falling man | Benedetto Caliari | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| Mars brandishing a sword | Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Dit Le Guerchin | $70,000–$100,000 | |
| A priest giving a sermon in a church | Pietro Longhi | $15,000–$20,000 | upcoming |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre-alexandre Wille | A young lady and two girls walking in a landscape | $5,774 | Christie's, Jul 1999 | |
| Dutch School, 18th Century | Portrait of a woman with white ruff, bust-length | Sotheby's, May 2022 | ||
| Pierre-alexandre Wille | A group of elegantly coiffured ladies, Cupid, a dog and an o | Christie's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Pierre-alexandre Wille | Portrait of a young man, bust-length, looking up | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | Portrait of a Lady with a Dog | Sotheby's, Feb 2026 | ||
| Pierre-alexandre Wille | The Head of a Man, Turned to the Right | Christie's, Jul 1998 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | Head of a man, in profile, after Raphael's The Expulsion of | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | Eight studies of trophies of war | Sotheby's, Feb 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.