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Lot 114 · Old Master Prints

The Alchemist

AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (CIRCA 1525-1569) BY PHILIPS GALLE (1537-1612) · engraving

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Estimate
$25,000–$35,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Old Master Prints, New York · 25 January 2017
Dimensions
Plate 342 x 449 mm., Sheet 349 x 455 mm
Record ID
TB-2026-3958298
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (CIRCA 1525-1569) BY PHILIPS GALLE (1537-1612), The Alchemist. Christie's, 25 Jan 2017, lot 114. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3958298.

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AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (CIRCA 1525-1569) BY PHILIPS GALLE (1537-1612), The Alchemist. Christie's, 25 Jan 2017, lot 114. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3958298.

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Entombment with three Birds ATTRIBUTED TO GIOVANNI ANTONIO DA BRESCIA ( CIRCA 1460 - CIRCA 1520) AFTER ANDREA MANTEGNA (1431-1506) $6,000–$8,000
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Hercules and Antaeus AGOSTINO DE MUSI, CALLED VENEZIANO ( CIRCA 1490 - CIRCA 1536) $1,000–$1,500
Landscape with an old Shepherd and his Dog AGOSTINO DE MUSI, CALLED VENEZIANO ( CIRCA 1490 - CIRCA 1536) $3,000–$5,000
Armed Three-Master on the open Sea, accompanied by a Galley AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER ( CIRCA 1525-1569) BY FRANS HUYS ( CIRCA 1522-1562) $6,000–$8,000
The Creation of the World JAN HARMENSZ. MULLER (1571-1628) AFTER HENDRICK GOLTZIUS (1558-1617) $5,000–$7,000

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