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Lot 9 · Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale

Saint George’s Day: A village kermesse with figures dancing and merrymaking, others drinking before an inn at the sign of The Horn

Marten Van Cleve · oil on canvas

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Estimate
£200,000–£300,000 hammer ≈ $269,666–$404,499
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale, London · 13 December 2002
Dimensions
54 3/8 x 106½ in. (138 x 270 cm.)
Record ID
TB-2026-4335049
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Marten Van Cleve, Saint George’s Day: A village kermesse with figures dancing and merrymaking, others drinking before an inn at the sign of The Horn. Christie's, 13 Dec 2002, lot 9. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4335049.

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Marten Van Cleve, Saint George’s Day: A village kermesse with figures dancing and merrymaking, others drinking before an inn at the sign of The Horn. Christie's, 13 Dec 2002, lot 9. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4335049.

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From the same sale Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale · Dec 2002

LotArtistEstimateResult
Roman Period, Circa 1St-2Nd Century A.d. AN EGYPTIAN GOLD FINGER RING $4,000–$6,000
Late Period, Dynasty Xxvi-Xxx, 664-343 B.c. AN EGYPTIAN GOLD FINGER RING $5,000–$7,000
Roman Period, Circa 1St-2Nd Century A.d. AN EGYPTIAN GOLD FINGER RING $2,000–$3,000
Ptolemaic Period, 304-30 B.c. EIGHT EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE TABLOIDS $2,000–$3,000
New Kingdom, 1550-1070 B.c. AN EGYPTIAN LAPIS LAZULI FINGER RING $1,000–$1,500
New Kingdom, Reign of Ramesses II, 1290-1224 B.c. AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SCARAB $900–$1,200

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