Lot 138 · Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours
Two travellers in prayer at a shrine in a wooded river landscape
Carl Friedrich Lessing · pencil, pen and grey and brown ink, grey and brown wash
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- Estimate
- £800–£1,200 hammer ≈ $1,207–$1,811
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours, London (South Kensington) · 9 December 2015
- Dimensions
- 12 x 15 ¾ in. (30.8 x 39.8 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4075961
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Carl Friedrich Lessing, Two travellers in prayer at a shrine in a wooded river landscape. Christie's, 9 Dec 2015, lot 138. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4075961.
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Carl Friedrich Lessing, Two travellers in prayer at a shrine in a wooded river landscape. Christie's, 9 Dec 2015, lot 138. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4075961.
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