Lot 88 · Old Master paintings
portrait of a lady, half length, wearing a pastoral dress with a wide-brimmed feathered hat, holding a music sheet;portrait of a gentleman, half length, wearing a fur-trimmed black coat with a white chemise and a feathered hat
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- Estimate
- €4,000–€6,000 hammer ≈ $5,361–$8,042
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master paintings, Amsterdam · 5 May 2009
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3857512
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Melchior Brassauw, portrait of a lady, half length, wearing a pastoral dress with a wide-brimmed feathered hat, holding a music sheet;portrait of a gentleman, half length, wearing a fur-trimmed black coat with a white chemise and a feathered hat. Sotheby's, 5 May 2009, lot 88. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3857512.
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Melchior Brassauw, portrait of a lady, half length, wearing a pastoral dress with a wide-brimmed feathered hat, holding a music sheet;portrait of a gentleman, half length, wearing a fur-trimmed black coat with a white chemise and a feathered hat. Sotheby's, 5 May 2009, lot 88. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3857512.
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From the same sale Old Master paintings · May 2009
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Madonna at prayer | Called Il Sassoferrato | €12,000–€18,000 | |
| A young boy and girl in front of a cottage, teasing a cat | Cornelis Dusart | €8,000–€12,000 | |
| The wedding feast at Cana | — | €8,000–€12,000 | |
| The presentation in the temple | — | €5,000–€7,000 | |
| A classroom interior | Bartholomeus Molenaer | €6,000–€8,000 | |
| the betrayal of Christ | — | €5,000–€7,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melchior Brassauw | Two Women and a Man Making Music in an Interior | $3,840 | Sotheby's, Feb 2025 | |
| Melchior Brassauw | Two women and a man making music in an interior | Christie's, Oct 1999 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | The Flight into Egypt | Sotheby's, Jun 2025 | ||
| Melchior Brassauw | An Allegory of Touch; and An Allegory of Taste | Christie's, Jun 2015 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | Eight studies of trophies of war | Sotheby's, Feb 2025 | ||
| Sebastian Vrancx | Rocky River Landscape with Peasants Harvesting Grapes | Lempertz, Nov 2022 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Mar 2021 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | Landscape with goats; Landscape with a calvary | Sotheby's, Apr 2021 |
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.