Lot 47 · Old Master and British Drawings
A quack selling a remedy to peasants in a market
Pieter Jansz. Quast · graphite on vellum, black ink framing lines
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- Estimate
- $15,000–$25,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master and British Drawings, New York · 29 January 2015
- Dimensions
- 11½ x 14 7/8 in. (29.5 x 37.8 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4190674
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Pieter Jansz. Quast, A quack selling a remedy to peasants in a market. Christie's, 29 Jan 2015, lot 47. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4190674.
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Pieter Jansz. Quast, A quack selling a remedy to peasants in a market. Christie's, 29 Jan 2015, lot 47. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4190674.
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From the same sale Old Master and British Drawings · Jan 2015
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Madonna seated, holding the Child | Polidoro Caldara, Polidoro da Caravaggio (Caravaggio 1499-1543 Messina) | $150,000–$200,000 | |
| The Birth of the Virgin | Niccolo Martinelli, il Trometta (Pesaro 1540-1611 Rome) | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| King David accompanied by three of his followers | Giuseppe Cesari, il Cavalier d'Arpino (Arpino 1568-1640 Rome) | $150,000–$250,000 | |
| The unwelcome news | Frans van Mieris I (Leiden 1635-1681) | $200,000–$300,000 | |
| A standing man in oriental costume | Jan van den Bergh (Altemaar 1587-after 1650) | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| Equestrian battle scenes | Johan Wilhelm Baur (Strasburg 1607-1641 Vienna) | $4,000–$6,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pieter Jansz. Quast | The Rich Man Beset by Fools | $19,234 | Bonhams, Jul 2025 | |
| Pieter Jansz. Quast | Peasants in a barn interior, possibly an allegory of the sen | Sotheby's, Jan 2023 | ||
| Pieter Jansz. Quast | The Quack | Sotheby's, Jul 2022 | ||
| Pieter Jansz. Quast | The Mocking of the Spaniard | Sotheby's, Jul 2015 | ||
| Abraham Bloemaert | Moses Striking Water from the Rock | Sotheby's, Jul 2026 | ||
| Dutch School, 18th Century | Portrait of a man, half-length, in a long collar, hat, and g | Sotheby's, Jan 2022 | ||
| Dutch School, 18th Century | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Dec 2025 | ||
| Pieter Jansz. Quast | King Solomon with his entourage | Sotheby's, Jul 2016 |
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.