Lot 238 · Important Old Master Paintings & Sculpture
The Queen of Sheba Before the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem
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- Estimate
- $80,000–$120,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Important Old Master Paintings & Sculpture, New York · 27 January 2011
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3982626
- Record
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Salomon De Bray, The Queen of Sheba Before the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem. Sotheby's, 27 Jan 2011, lot 238. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3982626.
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Salomon De Bray, The Queen of Sheba Before the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem. Sotheby's, 27 Jan 2011, lot 238. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3982626.
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