Lot 42 · Old Masters Evening Sale
The birth of Punchinello’s father
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo · black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, watermark three crescents (cf. Heawood 867)
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- Estimate
- £400,000–£600,000 hammer ≈ $539,332–$808,997
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Masters Evening Sale, London · 3 December 2019
- Dimensions
- 13 5/8 x 18 3/8 in. (34.6 x 46.6 cm)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3665276
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, The birth of Punchinello’s father. Christie's, 3 Dec 2019, lot 42. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3665276.
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, The birth of Punchinello’s father. Christie's, 3 Dec 2019, lot 42. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3665276.
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|---|---|---|---|
| The Madonna and Child with an angel | Pseudo-Granacci (Florence active 1490-1520) | £100,000–£130,000 | |
| Massacre of the Innocents | Hendrik van Balen (Antwerp 1573-1632) and Jan Breughel, the Younger (Antwerp 1601-1678) | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| Temptation of Saint Anthony | David Teniers, the Younger (Antwerp 1610-1690 Brussels) | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| Elegant Company with musicians seated at a table in a landscape | Ambrosius Benson | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| The Virgin and Child | Follower Of Rogier Van Der Weyden | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| A woody river landscape with shepherds and their flock | Jacob Van Ruisdael | £250,000–£350,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo | A group of Punchinellos examining a spider crab | $560,818 | Christie's, Jul 2023 | |
| Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo | The Madonna and Child appearing to Saint Philip Neri | Sotheby's, Feb 2026 | ||
| Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo | Punchinello collapses on the road | Sotheby's, Jan 2014 | ||
| Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo | A Puppet Show | Sotheby's, Jul 2017 | ||
| Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo | Punchinellos playing battledore and shuttlecock | Christie's, Dec 2019 | ||
| Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo | Punchinellos at a carpenter’s workshop | Christie's, Dec 2019 | ||
| Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo | A group of classical figures with two elders anointing a you | Sotheby's, Jan 2016 | ||
| Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo | head of a bearded man in oriental dress | Sotheby's, Feb 2018 |
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.