Lot 38 · Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours
Study of a seated man
Giovanni Battista Piranesi · red chalk
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- Estimate
- £6,000–£8,000 hammer ≈ $7,748–$10,330
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours, London · 5 July 2017
- Dimensions
- 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (8.5 x 8.6 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3908536
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-3908536 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3908536
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Study of a seated man. Christie's, 5 Jul 2017, lot 38. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3908536.
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Study of a seated man. Christie's, 5 Jul 2017, lot 38. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3908536.
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From the same sale Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours · Jul 2017
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Study for the tomb of the humanist Niccolò Perotti | Umbrian School, circa 1480 | £30,000–£40,000 | |
| The Massacre of the Innocents ( recto ); Study of a head ( verso ) | Timoteo Viti | £25,000–£35,000 | |
| The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child with a monk behind | Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| Five studies of the head of Giuliano de' Medici, after Michelangelo | Morandini, Called Il Poppi, Francesco | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Saint Anthony of Padua and the Christ Child, flanked by an Angel and putti | Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| The Judgement of Paris | Gaetano Gandolfi | £6,000–£8,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giovanni Battista Piranesi | [no title recorded] | $7,985 est. | Dorotheum, Apr 2022 | |
| Giovanni Battista Piranesi | The Staircase with Trophies (Robison 34) | Sotheby's, Dec 2022 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Piranesi | The Staircase with Trophies, from Carceri d'Invenzione | Bonhams, Mar 2023 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Piranesi | two works: veduta dell'anfiteatro flavio, detto il colosseo; | Sotheby's, Feb 2021 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Bartolozzi etc., Raccolta di alcuni disegni del Barberi ..., | Ketterer Kunst, May 2021 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Piranesi | "veduta del palazzo fabbricato sul quirinale per le segreter | Sotheby's, Nov 2006 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Piranesi | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Apr 2026 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Grotteschi | Bonhams, Dec 2017 |
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.