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Lot 44 · Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolors Including an Important Canadian Collection and a Distinguished Private Collection

Portrait of a young boy, bust-length ( recto ), Two studies of heads ( verso )

Giovanni Battista Carboni · ), black and red chalk (

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Estimate
$3,000–$4,000 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
6¼ x 5 3/8 in. (15.8 x 13.6 cm.)
Record ID
TB-2026-4458659
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Giovanni Battista Carboni, Portrait of a young boy, bust-length ( recto ), Two studies of heads ( verso ). Christie's, 18 Oct 2005, lot 44. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4458659.

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Giovanni Battista Carboni, Portrait of a young boy, bust-length ( recto ), Two studies of heads ( verso ). Christie's, 18 Oct 2005, lot 44. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4458659.

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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
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