Lot 32 · Old Master & British Drawings Including Works from the Collection of Jean Bonna
Design for a funerary medallion with Death standing by a sarcophagus
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · black chalk, pen and brown ink, watermark anchor in a circle
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- Estimate
- $60,000–$80,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master & British Drawings Including Works from the Collection of Jean Bonna, New York · 28 January 2020
- Dimensions
- 8 ½ x 7 7/8 in. (21.4 x 19.8 cm)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3653529
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-3653529 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3653529
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Design for a funerary medallion with Death standing by a sarcophagus. Christie's, 28 Jan 2020, lot 32. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3653529.
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Design for a funerary medallion with Death standing by a sarcophagus. Christie's, 28 Jan 2020, lot 32. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3653529.
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From the same sale Old Master & British Drawings Including Works from the Collection of Jean Bonna · Jan 2020
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pentecost | Jacopo Negretti, Palma il Giovane (Venice ca . 1550-1628) | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| The baptism of Saint Francis ( recto ); Study of an arm ( verso ) | Giovan Giacomo Pandolfi (Pesaro 1567- after 1636) | $2,000–$3,000 | |
| Head of a bearded man | Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci, called Perugino (Città della Pieve ca . 1450-1523 Fontignano) | $200,000–$300,000 | |
| Design for an altar | Giovanni Battista Castello, il Bergamasco (Gandino ca. 1509-1579 Madrid) | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| Studies of eagles ( recto and verso ) | Attributed to Giovanni Nanni, called Giovanni da Udine (Udine 1487-1564 Rome) | $2,000–$3,000 | |
| Design for a frieze with a putto and acanthus leaves | Called Giulio Romano Giulio Pippi | $15,000–$20,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gian Lorenzo Bernini | Portrait of a man with mustache and pointed beard | $139,700 | Sotheby's, Feb 2026 | |
| François Boucher | Study of a seated young female nude extending her hands to h | Sotheby's, Jan 2017 | ||
| François Boucher | Study of a reclining male nude reclining, with subsidiary st | Sotheby's, Jul 2024 | ||
| Annibale Carracci | portrait of cardinal odoardo farnese (1583-1626), three-quar | Sotheby's, Feb 2018 | ||
| Salvator Rosa | attributed to salvator rosa | allegory of the arts | Sotheby's, Jan 2020 | ||
| François Boucher | Allégorie de l'Hiver, Deux enfants se réchauffant auprès d'u | Sotheby's, Jun 2026 | ||
| Gian Lorenzo Bernini | Study for St. Peter's ''Cattedra'' | Sotheby's, Jan 2018 | ||
| François Boucher | Pastorale beside a fountain | Sotheby's, Feb 2026 |
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.