Lot 250 · Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolours
Time overcoming an allegorical figure, perhaps Ignorance, with a subsidiary study of a head in profile
Luigi Sabatelli · black chalk, pen and brown ink, indistinct watermark, unframed
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- Estimate
- £600–£800 hammer ≈ $943–$1,258
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolours, London (South Kensington) · 8 December 2011
- Dimensions
- 10½ x 7¾ in. (26.7 x 19.7 cm.); and four other drawings by different hands (5)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4640303
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-4640303 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4640303
Luigi Sabatelli, Time overcoming an allegorical figure, perhaps Ignorance, with a subsidiary study of a head in profile. Christie's, 8 Dec 2011, lot 250. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4640303.
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Luigi Sabatelli, Time overcoming an allegorical figure, perhaps Ignorance, with a subsidiary study of a head in profile. Christie's, 8 Dec 2011, lot 250. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4640303.
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From the same sale Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolours · Dec 2011
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A fishing vessel in a harbour, a church beyond | Hendrik Meijer | £500–£700 | |
| Hector parting from Andromache and Astyanax | Pietro Antonio Novelli | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| The head of a bishop, seen in profile | Circle Of Giovanni Battista Piazetta | £600–£800 | |
| Design for the decorative scheme of a reception room | Italian School, Early 20th Century | £600–£800 | |
| Five sheets of figure studies, two with individual figures, one with … | Jan Porcellis | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| Three men in a boat | Jan De Bisschop | £600–£800 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luigi Sabatelli | The Lamentation | $1,796 | Sotheby's, Jul 2022 | |
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| Luigi Sabatelli | disputa intorno ad un calice verso (recto); studio di putto | Sotheby's, Jun 2005 | ||
| Luigi Sabatelli | Christ wearing the Crown of Thorns (i); and The Head of Andr | Christie's, Jul 2019 | ||
| Luigi Sabatelli | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Mar 2025 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Piranesi | "Veduta di Piazza Navona sopra le rovine del Circo Agonale". | Stockholms Auktionsverk Fine Art, Apr 2026 | ||
| Thomas Rowlandson | The Body-Snatchers Burke and Hare | Lyon & Turnbull, Feb 2022 |
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