Lot 52 · Old Master Paintings Evening Sale
a young woman, dressed à la grecque, holding a canary on her outstretched finger
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- Estimate
- £200,000–£300,000 hammer ≈ $295,361–$443,042
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master Paintings Evening Sale, London · 3 December 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3822246
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Joseph-Marie Vien, a young woman, dressed à la grecque, holding a canary on her outstretched finger. Sotheby's, 3 Dec 2008, lot 52. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3822246.
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Joseph-Marie Vien, a young woman, dressed à la grecque, holding a canary on her outstretched finger. Sotheby's, 3 Dec 2008, lot 52. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3822246.
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From the same sale Old Master Paintings Evening Sale · Dec 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A winter landscape with peasants on a frozen lake near an inn, a fagg… | Isaac Van Ostade | £120,000–£180,000 | |
| The Guardian Angel | Antiveduto Grammatica | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| Jacob wrestling with the Angel | Called Fa Presto Luca Giordano | £150,000–£200,000 | |
| View of a lakeside town by moonlight, with an eel trap in the foreground | Aert Van Der Neer | £80,000–£120,000 | |
| Hagar and Ishmael in the desert | Lorenzo Lippi | £80,000–£120,000 | |
| A young woman in a red jacket feeding a parrot | Frans Van Mieris The Elder | £500,000–£700,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Hubert Robert Paris | A grand staircase | Sotheby's, May 2023 | ||
| Sir Anthony Van Dyck | Head study of a man | Christie's, Jul 2021 | ||
| François Boucher | Les villageois à la pêche | 《垂釣的村民》 | Sotheby's, Jul 2021 | ||
| François Boucher | A seminude woman seated among reeds | Christie's, Jan 2023 | ||
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| Joseph-Marie Vien | women in classical dress attending a young bride | Sotheby's, Feb 2018 | ||
| Sir Anthony Van Dyck | The Virgin and Child | Sotheby's, Jan 2021 |
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