Lot 31 · Old Master and British Works on Paper Including drawings from the Oppé Collection
recto: caricature: a night watch;verso: three dwarfs in conversation
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- Estimate
- £8,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $10,381–$15,572
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master and British Works on Paper Including drawings from the Oppé Collection, London · 6 July 2016
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4494775
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Stefano Della Bella, recto: caricature: a night watch;verso: three dwarfs in conversation. Sotheby's, 6 Jul 2016, lot 31. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4494775.
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Stefano Della Bella, recto: caricature: a night watch;verso: three dwarfs in conversation. Sotheby's, 6 Jul 2016, lot 31. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4494775.
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From the same sale Old Master and British Works on Paper Including drawings from the Oppé Collection · Jul 2016
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| athens: the temple of olympian zeus, from the south | Louis François Sébastien Fauvel | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| study of a right hand, playing a musical instrument | Ferraù Fenzoni | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| three studies of a left hand | Jacques De Gheyn II | £7,000–£9,000 | |
| a child on a mule, beside a second mule | Called Da San Giovanni Giovanni Mannozzi | £700–£1,000 | |
| Ploughing | David Cox Snr. O.w.s. | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| caricature: an assembly in a piazza | Stefano Della Bella | £8,000–£12,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stefano Della Bella | An allegory of the North Wind | $10,625 | Heritage Auctions, Dec 2019 | |
| Stefano Della Bella | Young Cavalier Wearing a Plumed Hat | Sotheby's, Feb 2026 | ||
| Stefano Della Bella | caricature: female occupations | Sotheby's, Jul 2016 | ||
| Stefano Della Bella | a polish cavalryman wearing an assemblage of feathers, and t | Sotheby's, Jul 2015 | ||
| Stefano Della Bella | caricature: an assembly in a piazza | Sotheby's, Jul 2016 | ||
| Stefano Della Bella | Apollo and Daphne, after Gian Lorenzo Bernini | Sotheby's, Feb 2025 | ||
| Stefano Della Bella | caricature: maneggio | Sotheby's, Jul 2016 | ||
| Stefano Della Bella | A man on a horse in a landscape | Christie's, Jul 2018 |
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.