Lot 1 · Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours
A seated Saint
Bartolommeo Cesi · pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white (partly oxidized), on blue paper
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- Estimate
- £1,000–£1,500 hammer ≈ $1,509–$2,263
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours, London (South Kensington) · 9 December 2015
- Dimensions
- 8 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. (21.9 x 18.7 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4075858
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-4075858 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4075858
Bartolommeo Cesi, A seated Saint. Christie's, 9 Dec 2015, lot 1. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4075858.
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Bartolommeo Cesi, A seated Saint. Christie's, 9 Dec 2015, lot 1. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4075858.
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From the same sale Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours · Dec 2015
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Presentation in the Temple | Jacopo Negretti, Palma il Giovane (Venice circa 1548-1628) | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| The archangel Michael triumphs over the Turks | Belisario Corenzio | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| A levitating Saint holding the Christ Child | Bolognese School, 17th Century | £800–£1,200 | |
| A queen consigned to hell by avenging angels | Sebastiano Galeotti | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| Two seated putti holding a duck | Spanish School, 19th Century | £800–£1,200 | |
| A unicorn surrounded by animals, two men standing on the right | French School, Circa 1900 | £3,000–£4,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | A standing man seen from behind | $4,156 | Sotheby's, Jul 2021 | |
| Bartolommeo Cesi | recto: study of a seated youth playing a luteverso: partial | Sotheby's, Jul 2006 | ||
| Jean-Honoré Fragonard | Two studies of cats | Sotheby's, Jul 2025 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Oct 2020 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | Saint John the Baptist preaching | Sotheby's, Feb 2021 | ||
| Jean-Honoré Fragonard | La mise au tombeau, d'après Domenico Feti | Christie's, May 2022 | ||
| Hubert Robert Paris | Figures strolling in the colonnade of the Palazzo Farnese at | Bonhams, Sep 2022 | ||
| Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo | River Gods | Bonhams, Dec 2018 |
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.