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- Estimate
- £15,000–£20,000 hammer ≈ $24,167–$32,223
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — L10237, London · 6 December 2012
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4133210
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Francesco Solimena, portrait of a gentleman, half length, dressed in armour. Sotheby's, 6 Dec 2012, lot 321. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4133210.
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Francesco Solimena, portrait of a gentleman, half length, dressed in armour. Sotheby's, 6 Dec 2012, lot 321. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4133210.
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|---|---|---|---|
| A Winter Landscape with Skaters on a Frozen River and Peasants Collec… | Gysbrecht Leytens | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| The Madonna and Child with two attendant angels | Neri Di Bicci | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| The Judgement of Midas | Abraham Janssens | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| 'La Collation' | François De Troy | £12,000–£15,000 | |
| Portrait of Alexander Popham and his Family | Robert Walker | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| The young singer | Claude Vignon | £15,000–£20,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francesco Solimena | Prophets of the Old Testament | $17,692 | Christie's, Jul 2023 | |
| Francesco Solimena | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Apr 2019 | ||
| Francesco Solimena | recto: deborah e barach; verso: nudo parziale maschile | Sotheby's, Jun 2006 | ||
| Francesco Solimena | recto: studies for an annunciationverso: sketch of a female | Sotheby's, Jul 2013 | ||
| Francesco Solimena | Phaethon asking to drive the chariot of Apollo | Bonhams, Jul 2025 | ||
| Francesco Solimena | The defeat of Darius by Alexander the Great at the Battle of | Christie's, Dec 2017 | ||
| Francesco Solimena | personification of charity, a bozzetto | Sotheby's, Jan 2019 | ||
| Francesco Solimena | Male head study | Sotheby's, Sep 2023 |
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.