Lot 216 · Old Masters Day Sale
lysander with helena and hermia, from a midsummer night’s dream
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- Estimate
- £40,000–£60,000 hammer ≈ $53,531–$80,297
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Masters Day Sale, London · 7 December 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4624057
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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R.a. Henry Fuseli, lysander with helena and hermia, from a midsummer night’s dream. Sotheby's, 7 Dec 2017, lot 216. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4624057.
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R.a. Henry Fuseli, lysander with helena and hermia, from a midsummer night’s dream. Sotheby's, 7 Dec 2017, lot 216. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4624057.
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