Lot 11 · Christie's Interiors
Portrait of an elegant lady
Edme-adolphe Fontaine · oil on canvas, unframed
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- Estimate
- £1,000–£1,500 hammer ≈ $1,664–$2,496
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Christie's Interiors, London (South Kensington) · 19 August 2014
- Dimensions
- 39 3/4 x 32 in. (101 x 81.3 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4247814
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Edme-adolphe Fontaine, Portrait of an elegant lady. Christie's, 19 Aug 2014, lot 11. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4247814.
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Edme-adolphe Fontaine, Portrait of an elegant lady. Christie's, 19 Aug 2014, lot 11. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4247814.
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From the same sale Christie's Interiors · Aug 2014
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark of Horace Woodward & Co., London, 1896 | A LATE VICTORIAN SILVER-MOUNTED CUT AND ENGRAVED GLASS CORDIAL JUG | £700–£900 | |
| Scottish highlands | Joseph Adam (fl.1858-1880) and Joseph Denovan Adam, R.S.A., R.S.W. (1842-1896) | £1,200–£1,800 | |
| A young lady sketching | Follower Jean-Baptiste Greuze | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| Shipping at the harbour mouth by a breakwater | English School, 19th Century | £1,500–£2,500 | |
| A sunlit interior | Odoardo Borrani | £1,200–£1,800 | |
| Fishermen before Vesuvius, Naples | Attilio Pratella | £1,500–£2,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch School, 18th Century | Portrait of a Lady | $2,032 | Sotheby's, Jul 2025 | |
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| French School, 19th Century | A pair of grotesques: the first depicting fish, birds, butte | Sotheby's, May 2022 |
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