Lot 33 · Old Master Drawings
head and shoulders study of a moustachioed man in profile, wearing a tall hat
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- Estimate
- £3,000–£4,000 hammer ≈ $4,045–$5,393
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master Drawings, London · 9 July 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3778269
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Pieter Jansz. Quast, head and shoulders study of a moustachioed man in profile, wearing a tall hat. Sotheby's, 9 Jul 2008, lot 33. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3778269.
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Pieter Jansz. Quast, head and shoulders study of a moustachioed man in profile, wearing a tall hat. Sotheby's, 9 Jul 2008, lot 33. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3778269.
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From the same sale Old Master Drawings · Jul 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| a decorative design with Minerva and History attended by a putto | François Boucher | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| the interior of a rustic kitchen, with a view to a courtyard beyond | Cornelis Saftleven | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| an Italianate landscape, with a shepherd's hut | — | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| recto: portrait of a Venetian nobleman; verso: studies of figures in … | Francesco Guardi | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| the battle of the centaurs and the lapiths | Giovanni Battista Franco, Called Il Semolei | £4,500–£6,000 | |
| a castle on the Bosphorous | Achille Etna Michallon | £2,000–£3,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pieter Jansz. Quast | Soldiers and a woman nursing a child around a fire | $6,930 | Christie's, May 2025 | |
| Pieter Jansz. Quast | A) An elegant lady giving alms to a beggarwoman, an amorous | Sotheby's, Feb 2025 | ||
| Pieter Jansz. Quast | The quack doctor | Sotheby's, Jan 2010 | ||
| Pieter Jansz. Quast | The Quack Doctor | Sotheby's, Jul 2018 | ||
| Pieter Jansz. Quast | An elegant woman, full-length, standing in profile, in a gre | Christie's, Nov 2007 | ||
| Pieter Jansz. Quast | Three peasants smoking and drinking in an interior | Bonhams, Oct 2017 | ||
| François Boucher | A French terracotta group of three children playing with a b | Lempertz, May 2025 | ||
| Pieter Jansz. Quast | The drunkard pushed into the pigsty ( t’Varcken moet in t’sc | Christie'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.