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- Estimate
- $15,000–$20,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master & 19th Century European Art, New York · 29 January 2010
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3908306
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Merry-joseph Blondel, Portrait of a Man. Sotheby's, 29 Jan 2010, lot 781. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3908306.
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Merry-joseph Blondel, Portrait of a Man. Sotheby's, 29 Jan 2010, lot 781. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3908306.
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From the same sale Old Master & 19th Century European Art · Jan 2010
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Embrace | Gaston La Touche | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| A Young Woman of Leisure | Pierre Olivier Joseph Coomans | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Contemplation | Ferdinand Vichi | $6,000–$9,000 | |
| Peaks in Snow | Arseniy Ivanovich Meshchersky | $7,000–$10,000 | |
| Portrait of a child | Edouard Cabane | $5,000–$7,000 | |
| Sleigh Riding Through a Village | Wladyslaw T. Chmielinski | $5,000–$7,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merry-joseph Blondel | Portrait of a Man, said to be Charles Viollet | $11,430 | Sotheby's, Oct 2025 | |
| Merry-joseph Blondel | Etude pour 'Les Trois Glorieuses' | Artcurial, Sep 2025 | ||
| Neapolitan School, 19th Century | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Jun 2022 | ||
| Antoine-louis Barye | Cheval percheron (Percheron Horse) | Sotheby's, Dec 2022 | ||
| Antoine-louis Barye | Cerf Axis (Axis Stag) (Chef-modèle) | Sotheby's, Apr 2022 | ||
| Merry-joseph Blondel | portraits de deux enfants dans un intérieur de style empire | Sotheby's, Jun 2014 | ||
| Antoine-louis Barye | Les Trois Grâces | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Merry-joseph Blondel | Portrait of a gentleman, previously identified as Prince de | Christie's, May 2024 |
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.