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- Estimate
- £18,000–£25,000 hammer ≈ $28,965–$40,230
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale, London · 5 December 2012
- Dimensions
- 21 3/8 x 26½ in. (54.3 x 67.3 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4475500
- Record
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Pieter Huys, The Descent into Limbo. Christie's, 5 Dec 2012, lot 106. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4475500.
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Pieter Huys, The Descent into Limbo. Christie's, 5 Dec 2012, lot 106. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4475500.
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From the same sale Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale · Dec 2012
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Flemish gilt-metal-mounted ebony, ebonized, rosewood, tortoiseshell… | Frans Wouters | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| A trompe l'oeil with a grouse hanging from a nail | Cornelis Biltius | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| Saint Sebastian, in an extensive mountainous landscape | Circle Of Anton Raphael Mengs | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| View across the River Thames to Lambeth, with Westminster Bridge and … | Circle Of Samuel Scott | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| Portrait of the Hon. Mrs. King, of Dunira, half-length, in a black dr… | Sir Henry Raeburn Ra | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| The Arab stallion 'Orelio' in a desert landscape, other horses and fi… | John Fernley | £25,000–£35,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pieter Huys | Le tentazioni di Sant'Antonio | $36,048 | Sotheby's, May 2008 | |
| Pieter Huys | The Descent into Limbo | Christie's, Jul 2017 | ||
| George Romney | portrait of margaret porteous (née hodgson), wife of the bis | Sotheby's, Jul 2019 | ||
| Pieter Huys | The Harrowing of Hell | Christie's, Dec 2001 | ||
| Sir Joshua Reynolds P.r.a. | Portrait of Edward Seymour (1717-1792), 9th Duke of Somerset | Sotheby's, Jan 2023 | ||
| Sir Joshua Reynolds P.r.a. | sir joshua reynolds, p.r.a. | portrait of richard crofts of | Sotheby's, Jun 2020 | ||
| George Romney | Portrait of Charles Lennox (1735-1806), 3rd Duke of Richmond | Sotheby's, May 2023 | ||
| Sir Joshua Reynolds P.r.a. | sir joshua reynolds, p.r.a. | portrait of mary, countess of | Sotheby's, Jul 2020 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.