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Lot 115 · Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolors

Two architectural capricci with peasants, musicians and other figures frolicking among classical ruins

Charles-Louis Clérisseau

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Estimate
$30,000–$40,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolors, New York · 22 January 2002
Dimensions
23¾ x 18 3/8 in. (60.5 x 46.7 cm.) each (2)
Record ID
TB-2026-4625347
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Charles-Louis Clérisseau, Two architectural capricci with peasants, musicians and other figures frolicking among classical ruins. Christie's, 22 Jan 2002, lot 115. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4625347.

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Charles-Louis Clérisseau, Two architectural capricci with peasants, musicians and other figures frolicking among classical ruins. Christie's, 22 Jan 2002, lot 115. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4625347.

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