Lot 17 · Old Masters Evening Sale
The Massacre of the Innocents
Brueghel The Younger, Pieter · oil on panel, marouflaged
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- Estimate
- £1,000,000–£1,500,000 hammer ≈ $1,325,280–$1,987,920
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Masters Evening Sale, London · 7 December 2021
- Dimensions
- 47 1⁄4 x 65 3⁄8 in. (120 x 166 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3498098
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Brueghel The Younger, Pieter, The Massacre of the Innocents. Christie's, 7 Dec 2021, lot 17. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3498098.
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Brueghel The Younger, Pieter, The Massacre of the Innocents. Christie's, 7 Dec 2021, lot 17. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3498098.
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