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- Estimate
- $8,000–$12,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master Drawings, New York · 25 January 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4542068
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Louis-jean Desprez, view of the grotta di palazzo, in polignano a mare. Sotheby's, 25 Jan 2017, lot 70. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4542068.
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Louis-jean Desprez, view of the grotta di palazzo, in polignano a mare. Sotheby's, 25 Jan 2017, lot 70. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4542068.
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From the same sale Old Master Drawings · Jan 2017
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| English ships at anchor | Willem Van De Velde The Younger | $18,000–$22,000 | |
| St. John the Baptist seated in the wilderness | Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Called Il Guercino | $30,000–$40,000 | |
| Two Angels singing | P.r.a. Benjamin West | $7,000–$10,000 | |
| Ships under sail | Willem Van De Velde The Younger | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| 'Whilst Surfeited Upon Thy Damask Cheek, the High-fed Worm in Lazy Vo… | William Blake | $180,000–$240,000 | |
| A river landscape with a fisherman, a city in the background | Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Called Il Guercino | $30,000–$40,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis-jean Desprez | View of the construction of the Pont de Château-Thierry | $21,132 | Sotheby's, Jul 2015 | |
| Louis-jean Desprez | A view of the Pauline Chapel during the Vigil of the Forty H | Christie's, Jul 2023 | ||
| Louis-jean Desprez | triumphe des arts modernes ou carnaval de jupiter (not in wo | Sotheby's, Jul 2004 | ||
| Hubert Robert Paris | Four separate sheets of figure studies, mounted on an album | Sotheby's, Jan 2024 | ||
| Louis-jean Desprez | The Entrance to Hell (design for Orphée et Eurydice by Chris | Christie's, Jul 2019 | ||
| Louis-jean Desprez | a night-time ceremony before the temple of isis, pompeii | Sotheby's, Jul 2010 | ||
| Louis-jean Desprez | La cérémonie de la Croix lumineuse à la croisée du transept | Christie's, Mar 2007 | ||
| Louis-jean Desprez | Vue de la place de l'obélisque, Catane | Sotheby's, Mar 2015 |
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.