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Lot 33 · Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours

Old Testament scenes: The Israelites celebrating their safe passage through the Red Sea; The Meeting of Moses and Aaron in the Desert; Samson and Delilah; The Sacrifice of Noah; The Sacrifice of Isaac; and Lot and his wife fleeing Sodom (?)

Luigi Ademollo

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Estimate
£1,000–£1,500 hammer ≈ $1,635–$2,453
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours, London (South Kensington) · 5 December 2013
Dimensions
4¾ x 12¾ in. (12 x 32.5 cm.) (2); 5¼ x 5 in. (13.2 x 12.5 cm.) (4)
Record ID
TB-2026-4333052
Record
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Luigi Ademollo, Old Testament scenes: The Israelites celebrating their safe passage through the Red Sea; The Meeting of Moses and Aaron in the Desert; Samson and Delilah; The Sacrifice of Noah; The Sacrifice of Isaac; and Lot and his wife fleeing Sodom (?). Christie's, 5 Dec 2013, lot 33. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4333052.

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Luigi Ademollo, Old Testament scenes: The Israelites celebrating their safe passage through the Red Sea; The Meeting of Moses and Aaron in the Desert; Samson and Delilah; The Sacrifice of Noah; The Sacrifice of Isaac; and Lot and his wife fleeing Sodom (?). Christie's, 5 Dec 2013, lot 33. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4333052.

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From the same sale Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours · Dec 2013

LotArtistEstimateResult
The Arms of the House of Medici impaling those of the Archduchy of Au… Giorgio Vasari £4,000–£6,000
A striding soldier, after the Battle of Cascina Follower Of Michelangelo Buonarroti £1,000–£1,500
A portrait of Diana Sturt, later Lady Milner (1758-1805), three-quart… Catherine Read £5,000–£8,000
Portrait of a girl, possibly a member of the Colyear familyalf-length… Arthur Pond £2,000–£3,000
Two mendicant friars with a crucifix Raffaelle Vanni (Siena 1587-1673) £2,000–£3,000
Achilles Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein £2,000–£3,000

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