Lot 273 · Old Master Paintings Day Sale
still life with a basket of flowers, a bird's nest and a songbird, all arranged on a marble plinth, the city of rotterdam beyond, with the tower of the laurenskerk;still life with a basket of fruit on a ledge before a landscape, including a pineapple, bunches of grapes and plums, with a melon slice and berries resting on the ledge beneath
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- Estimate
- £40,000–£60,000 hammer ≈ $58,521–$87,781
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master Paintings Day Sale, London · 4 December 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3823756
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Willem Van Leen, still life with a basket of flowers, a bird's nest and a songbird, all arranged on a marble plinth, the city of rotterdam beyond, with the tower of the laurenskerk;still life with a basket of fruit on a ledge before a landscape, including a pineapple, bunches of grapes and plums, with a melon slice and berries resting on the ledge beneath. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2008, lot 273. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3823756.
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Willem Van Leen, still life with a basket of flowers, a bird's nest and a songbird, all arranged on a marble plinth, the city of rotterdam beyond, with the tower of the laurenskerk;still life with a basket of fruit on a ledge before a landscape, including a pineapple, bunches of grapes and plums, with a melon slice and berries resting on the ledge beneath. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2008, lot 273. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3823756.
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From the same sale Old Master Paintings Day Sale · Dec 2008
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|---|---|---|---|
| The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula and the ten thousand virgins | Peter De Witte, Called Candid | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Alpheus and Arethusa | — | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| A capriccio view of the custom house and embankment in London with fi… | Jean-baptiste Lallemand | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Tobias and the Angel | — | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Landscape with a view of Dordrecht from the south with a lumber yard | Aelbert Cuyp | £12,000–£18,000 | |
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