Lot 29 · 19th Century European Art including The Orientalist Sale
Napoleon Giving the Plans for Docks in Antwerp
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- Estimate
- $80,000–$120,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — 19th Century European Art including The Orientalist Sale, New York · 23 October 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3801296
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Jan Baptist Huysmans, Napoleon Giving the Plans for Docks in Antwerp. Sotheby's, 23 Oct 2008, lot 29. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3801296.
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Jan Baptist Huysmans, Napoleon Giving the Plans for Docks in Antwerp. Sotheby's, 23 Oct 2008, lot 29. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3801296.
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|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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