Lot 25 · Old Master Paintings
trompe l'oeil still life of letters, a newspaper, a quill, a letter opener and other objects tacked to a wood board
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- Estimate
- $20,000–$30,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master Paintings, New York · 3 June 2010
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3932329
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Cornelis Norbertus Gysbrechts, trompe l'oeil still life of letters, a newspaper, a quill, a letter opener and other objects tacked to a wood board. Sotheby's, 3 Jun 2010, lot 25. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3932329.
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Cornelis Norbertus Gysbrechts, trompe l'oeil still life of letters, a newspaper, a quill, a letter opener and other objects tacked to a wood board. Sotheby's, 3 Jun 2010, lot 25. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3932329.
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From the same sale Old Master Paintings · Jun 2010
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| View of the Flooded Piazza San Marco, Venice, December 9, 1825 | Vincenzo Chilone | $80,000–$120,000 | |
| An allegorical family portrait in a landscape | Dirck Van Der Lisse | $30,000–$40,000 | |
| Moonlight View of the Piazzetta, Venice | Ippolito Caffi | $30,000–$50,000 | |
| Portrait of a Man in a Turban | — | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| Trompe l'Oeil of a Barber's Cabinet | — | $12,000–$18,000 | |
| The Nativity | Neri Di Bicci | $50,000–$70,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillips Wouwerman | River Landscape with Horsemen and Men Bathing Near a Bridge | $53,340 | Sotheby's, Feb 2026 | |
| Phillips Wouwerman | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, May 2023 | ||
| David Teniers The Younger | Parables of the rich man and Lazarus | Lempertz, Nov 2021 | ||
| Italian School, 17th Century | Venice, a nocturnal Bacchanal in Piazza San Marco | Sotheby's, Dec 2025 | ||
| Cornelis Norbertus Gysbrechts | a trompe l'oeil still life with a portrait of a soldier, a m | Sotheby's, Jan 2006 | ||
| Phillips Wouwerman | the halt at the gypsy camp | Sotheby's, Dec 2018 | ||
| Cornelis Norbertus Gysbrechts | cornelis norbertus gysbrechts | vanitas still life with a sk | Sotheby's, May 2019 | ||
| Cornelis Norbertus Gysbrechts | trompe l'oeil of an open cupboard | Sotheby's, Jun 2010 |
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.