Lot 21 · Master Paintings Evening Sale
a fortune teller, bravo, lute player, drinking figure, and a pick-pocket
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- Estimate
- $1,000,000–$1,500,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Master Paintings Evening Sale, New York · 2 February 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4635294
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Valentin De Boulogne, a fortune teller, bravo, lute player, drinking figure, and a pick-pocket. Sotheby's, 2 Feb 2018, lot 21. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4635294.
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Valentin De Boulogne, a fortune teller, bravo, lute player, drinking figure, and a pick-pocket. Sotheby's, 2 Feb 2018, lot 21. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4635294.
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|---|---|---|---|
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