Lot 137 · Important European Decorative Arts
a chemist with a young boy and a smoker and a drinker: a pair
Jacob Toornvliet · red chalk with brown and red wash on paper
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- Estimate
- $700–$900 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Important European Decorative Arts, New York · 22 October 2014
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4294742
- Record
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Jacob Toornvliet, a chemist with a young boy and a smoker and a drinker: a pair. Sotheby's, 22 Oct 2014, lot 137. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4294742.
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Jacob Toornvliet, a chemist with a young boy and a smoker and a drinker: a pair. Sotheby's, 22 Oct 2014, lot 137. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4294742.
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