Lot 12 · Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale
The Triumph of Venus
Bartholomäus Spranger · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £100,000–£150,000 hammer ≈ $149,567–$224,350
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale, London · 8 December 2015
- Dimensions
- 62¾ x 35 7/8 in. (159.4 x 91.1 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4078875
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Bartholomäus Spranger, The Triumph of Venus. Christie's, 8 Dec 2015, lot 12. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4078875.
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Bartholomäus Spranger, The Triumph of Venus. Christie's, 8 Dec 2015, lot 12. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4078875.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Christ on the Road to Calvary | Studio Of Pieter Brueghel II | £70,000–£100,000 | |
| A winter carnival with figures on the ice before the Kipdorppoort Bas… | Sebastian Vrancx | £150,000–£250,000 | |
| A wooded river landscape with figures crossing a bridge | Jacob Van Ruisdael | £250,000–£350,000 | |
| The Battle between Carnival and Lent | Circle Of Pieter Brueghel II | £80,000–£120,000 | |
| The Birdtrap | Pieter Brueghel III | £1,000,000–£1,500,000 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Anthony Van Dyck | Head study of a man in a ruff (Portrait of a magistrate) | $545,034 | Sotheby's, Jul 2026 | |
| Sir Anthony Van Dyck | Portrait of Lucas Van Uffel | Sotheby's, Dec 2022 | ||
| François Boucher | Venus and Adonis | Sotheby's, Jan 2017 | ||
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| François Boucher | Venus discovering the dead Adonis | Christie's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Sir Anthony Van Dyck | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Jun 2020 | ||
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