Lot 1 · Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolors Including an Important Canadian Collection and a Distinguished Private Collection
Portrait of a bearded man, bust-length, in three-quarter profile facing left
Nicolas Lagneau · black, white and red chalk, stumping, watermark GB and smaller DP reversed
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- Estimate
- $6,000–$8,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolors Including an Important Canadian Collection and a Distinguished Private Collection, New York · 18 October 2005
- Dimensions
- 16 x 10¾ in. (40.6 x 27.5 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4458632
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-4458632 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4458632
Nicolas Lagneau, Portrait of a bearded man, bust-length, in three-quarter profile facing left. Christie's, 18 Oct 2005, lot 1. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4458632.
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Nicolas Lagneau, Portrait of a bearded man, bust-length, in three-quarter profile facing left. Christie's, 18 Oct 2005, lot 1. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4458632.
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From the same sale Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolors Including an Important Canadian Collection and a Distinguished Private Collection · Oct 2005
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moses and the Brazen Serpent | Joseph Cellony le Jeune (Aix-en-Provence 1730-1786) | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| The Sacrifice of Isaac | Attributed to Jacopo Negretti, Palma il Giovane (Venice circa 1548-1628) | $1,000–$1,500 | |
| The quarrel of Venus, Jupiter and Minerva | Giovanni Battista Castello, il Bergamasco (Gandino 1509-1569 Madrid) | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| An angel in the clouds | Attributed to Gennaro Landi (active, 17th century) | $1,000–$1,500 | |
| Head of a bearded man in profile facing left, possibly a self-portrait | Girolamo Francesco Mazzola, il Parmigianino (Parma 1503-1540 Casalmaggiore) | $300,000–$500,000 | |
| Head of a man with growths on his neck, in profile to the left | Jusepe de Ribera, lo Spagnoletto (Valencia 1591-1652 Naples) | $70,000–$100,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Lagneau | Le conteur d'histoires ou Le paysan madré | $13,358 | Bonhams, Jun 2023 | |
| Nicolas Lagneau | The head of a man, bust-length, wearing a turban | Christie's, Jan 2005 | ||
| Nicolas Lagneau | A bearded man, bust-length | Christie's, Jul 2004 | ||
| Nicolas Lagneau | head of an old woman in a turban | Sotheby's, Jul 2008 | ||
| Nicolas Lagneau | portrait d'un homme barbu, autrefois portrait présumé de mat | Sotheby's, Mar 2017 | ||
| Nicolas Lagneau | Portrait of an old man | Sotheby's, Jan 2023 | ||
| François Boucher | Etude de deux putti, l ’ un tendant les mains vers l ’ avant | Christie's, May 2022 | ||
| Hubert Robert Paris | A Hermit praying in the ruins of a Roman temple | Sotheby's, Jan 2022 |
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