Lot 7 · Old Master and Early British Paintings
portrait of a bearded man, head and shoulders;portrait of a roman emperor, head and shoulders
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- Estimate
- £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $6,594–$9,891
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master and Early British Paintings, London · 30 October 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3805946
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Frans Floris The Elder, portrait of a bearded man, head and shoulders;portrait of a roman emperor, head and shoulders. Sotheby's, 30 Oct 2008, lot 7. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3805946.
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Frans Floris The Elder, portrait of a bearded man, head and shoulders;portrait of a roman emperor, head and shoulders. Sotheby's, 30 Oct 2008, lot 7. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3805946.
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From the same sale Old Master and Early British Paintings · Oct 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob's journey | Jacopo Da Ponte, Called Jacopo Bassano | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| A southern landscape with fishermen unloading and packing their catch | Herman Van Swanevelt | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| A Carmelite nun guided by an angel | — | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Two ships in a storm | Jan Porcellis | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Portrait of a lady, half-length, wearing a red dress and a black veil | — | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| The Immaculate Conception | Bartolomé Esteban Murillo | £8,000–£12,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frans Floris The Elder | recto: the persian sibyl, after michelangeloverso: mytholo | $23,750 | Sotheby's, Jan 2018 | |
| Frans Floris The Elder | frans floris the elder | the head of a bearded man in a red | Sotheby's, Dec 2019 | ||
| Frans Floris The Elder | The Expulsion of Heliodorus | Sotheby's, May 2010 | ||
| Frans Floris The Elder | head of a woman | Sotheby's, Feb 2013 | ||
| Adriaen Van Ostade | A man holding a pipe, in an interior; and A woman holding a | Christie's, Jul 2025 | ||
| Frans Floris The Elder | three scenes of triumphal processions | Sotheby's, Nov 2004 | ||
| David Teniers The Younger | View of the Old Hôtel de Nassau in Brussels with two Falcone | Lempertz, Nov 2024 | ||
| Frans Floris The Elder | st john the baptist preaching with the baptism of christ bey | Sotheby's, Apr 2015 |
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.