Lot 77 · Old Master Drawings
a oval vanitas still life, within an elaborate drawn frame
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- Estimate
- $15,000–$20,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master Drawings, New York · 30 January 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4719756
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Johannes Thopas, a oval vanitas still life, within an elaborate drawn frame. Sotheby's, 30 Jan 2019, lot 77. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4719756.
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Johannes Thopas, a oval vanitas still life, within an elaborate drawn frame. Sotheby's, 30 Jan 2019, lot 77. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4719756.
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From the same sale Old Master Drawings · Jan 2019
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| recto: a group of figures, possibly actors, in renaissance-style cost… | — | $30,000–$40,000 | |
| a hen harrier (circus cyaneus) perching on a branch | Abraham Meertens | $3,000–$4,000 | |
| four putti playing | Cornelis Troost | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| study of the head of a man: for het beslikte swaantje | Cornelis Troost | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| design for a stage set: the temple of neptune | Louis Jean Desprez | $60,000–$80,000 | |
| standing man in profile to the left, playing a triangle | Charles-joseph Natoire | $5,000–$7,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlo Maratta | The Vision of Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Bishop of Puebla | $21,102 | Bonhams, Jul 2021 | |
| Johannes Thopas | portrait of cornelia hessels | Sotheby's, Jan 2019 | ||
| Florentine School | 16th Century A cavalry battle before a walled city 24.7 cm. | Bonhams, Sep 2022 | ||
| John Constable | Portrait of Eliza Lewis, bust-length | Christie's, Oct 2020 | ||
| Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Called Il Guercino | An extensive landscape with a large tree to the left, fortif | Sotheby's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Called Il Guercino | the christ child with st. joseph | Sotheby's, Feb 2020 | ||
| Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Called Il Guercino | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Nov 2020 | ||
| John Constable | Fittleworth Mill, Sussex | Bonhams, Jul 2019 |
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.