Lot 25 · L12036
an architectural capriccio with ancient ruins, a triumphal arch and a haut-relief sculpture, with the story of mercury and argus
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- Estimate
- £80,000–£120,000 hammer ≈ $128,735–$193,103
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — L12036, London · 5 December 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4132956
- Record
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Jean Lemaire, an architectural capriccio with ancient ruins, a triumphal arch and a haut-relief sculpture, with the story of mercury and argus. Sotheby's, 5 Dec 2012, lot 25. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4132956.
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Jean Lemaire, an architectural capriccio with ancient ruins, a triumphal arch and a haut-relief sculpture, with the story of mercury and argus. Sotheby's, 5 Dec 2012, lot 25. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4132956.
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From the same sale L12036 · Dec 2012
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venice, the Punta della Dogana | Francesco Guardi | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| An elegant company Making Merry outside a palace | Johann Georg Platzer | £150,000–£200,000 | |
| Lot and his daughters | Andrea Vaccaro | £120,000–£180,000 | |
| View of the Stocks Market, London | Joseph Nicholls | £150,000–£250,000 | |
| Saint John the Baptist in the wilderness | Giovanni Baglione | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| The Adoration of the Magi | Jacopo Di Cione | £80,000–£120,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Lemaire | The Rest on the Flight to Egypt | $132,121 | Sotheby's, Jul 2006 | |
| David Teniers The Younger | Man and his Wife in a Tavern | Lempertz, May 2023 | ||
| Jean Lemaire | landscape with the dioscuri and antic ruins animated with fi | Sotheby's, Jun 2017 | ||
| David Teniers The Younger | Arrest of Christ | Sotheby's, Feb 2025 | ||
| David Teniers The Younger | River Landscape with Rainbow | Sotheby's, Apr 2015 | ||
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | pieter brueghel the younger | head of a peasant, wearing a b | Sotheby's, Dec 2019 | ||
| Joos De Momper | a winter landscape with an overturned horse-drawn cart, and | Sotheby's, Jun 2017 | ||
| David Teniers The Younger | An alchemist in his workshop heating a pot | Bonhams, Dec 2022 |
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.