Lot 11 · Old Master and British Paintings Evening Sale
The village lawyer's office
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- Estimate
- £800,000–£1,200,000 hammer ≈ $1,280,036–$1,920,054
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master and British Paintings Evening Sale, London · 6 July 2011
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4023147
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Brueghel The Younger, Pieter, The village lawyer's office. Sotheby's, 6 Jul 2011, lot 11. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4023147.
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Brueghel The Younger, Pieter, The village lawyer's office. Sotheby's, 6 Jul 2011, lot 11. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4023147.
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From the same sale Old Master and British Paintings Evening Sale · Jul 2011
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ in the House of Simon | Sebastiano Ricci | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| Portrait of James I | John De Critz The Elder | £80,000–£120,000 | |
| Study of a Wounded Hound, from Walter Scott's The Talisman | Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, Ra | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Triumph of the Virtues over the Vices | Called Paolo Fiammingo Pauwels Franck | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| Study of a bearded man with hands raised | Sir Anthony Van Dyck | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| A philosopher, presumed to be Archimedes | Jusepe De Ribera, Called Lo Spagnoletto | £400,000–£600,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | Peasants feasting and merrymaking in a village street | $1,407,005 | Sotheby's, Jul 2022 | |
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | The Birdtrap | Christie's, Jul 2025 | ||
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | winter landscape with skaters | Sotheby's, Dec 2018 | ||
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | The Seven Acts of Mercy | Christie's, Feb 2025 | ||
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | Allegory of Spring | Christie's, Jul 2023 | ||
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | The Wedding Dance | Sotheby's, May 2024 | ||
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | The Tower of Babel | Christie's, Jun 2022 | ||
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | A winter landscape with skaters | Sotheby's, Jul 2015 |
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.