Lot 69 · Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours
The ruins at the Steenschuur, Leiden, after the gunpowder disaster of 12 January 1807
Hermanus Numan · black chalk, pen and black ink, grey wash, black ink framing lines
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- Estimate
- £2,500–£3,500 hammer ≈ $3,301–$4,621
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours , London · 3 July 2018
- Dimensions
- 13 1/8 x 17 7/8 in. (33.4 x 45.5 cm)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3809199
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Hermanus Numan, The ruins at the Steenschuur, Leiden, after the gunpowder disaster of 12 January 1807. Christie's, 3 Jul 2018, lot 69. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3809199.
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Hermanus Numan, The ruins at the Steenschuur, Leiden, after the gunpowder disaster of 12 January 1807. Christie's, 3 Jul 2018, lot 69. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3809199.
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|---|---|---|---|
| A man on a horse in a landscape | Stefano Della Bella | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Four studies of heads | Gaetano Gandolfi | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Pentecost | Hendrick De Clerck | £3,000–£4,000 | |
| Figures and skaters on a frozen river, a village beyond | Jan Van Goyen | £15,000–£25,000 | |
| Figures at a well beside cottages | Jan Van Goyen | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| A capriccio with Roman architecture | Abraham-louis-rodolphe Ducros | £10,000–£15,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hermanus Numan | a hilly landscape with a seated traveller and two dogs, and | $3,693 | Sotheby's, Nov 2006 | |
| Dutch School, 18th Century | Peasants outside a tavern | Sotheby's, Nov 2017 | ||
| Dutch School, 18th Century | Wooded Landscape with Goats Resting by a Stream | Sotheby's, Jul 2025 | ||
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| Dutch School, 18th Century | dutch school, mid 17th century | portrait of a lady, half le | Sotheby's, Feb 2019 | ||
| Dutch School, 18th Century | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Dec 2021 | ||
| Dutch School, 18th Century | Pastoral | Scène pastorale | Sotheby's, Dec 2021 | ||
| Isaac De Moucheron | Landscape with a Group of Trees on the Right | Lempertz, Nov 2022 |
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.