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- Estimate
- £8,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $10,507–$15,760
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Masters Day Sale, London · 5 December 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4793980
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Paolo De Matteis, paolo de matteis | cain and abel. Sotheby's, 5 Dec 2019, lot 117. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4793980.
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Paolo De Matteis, paolo de matteis | cain and abel. Sotheby's, 5 Dec 2019, lot 117. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4793980.
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From the same sale Old Masters Day Sale · Dec 2019
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| sir anthony van dyck | sketch for the double portrait of mountjoy blo… | — | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| pieter de ring | still life with a roemer, a bowl of strawberries and… | Pieter De Ring | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| adam de coster | a young man playing the flute by candelight | Adam De Coster | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| cornelis biltius | a pair of trompe l'œil game larder still lifes: wi… | Cornelis Biltius | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| johann könig | the conversion of saint paul | Johann König | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| follower of pieter brueghel the younger | the village lawyer's office | Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | £40,000–£60,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paolo De Matteis | Holy Family Oil on canvas, cm. 72,5x102,5. Framed | $13,007 est. | Bertolami Fine Art, Nov 2021 | |
| Paolo De Matteis | The banishment of Adam and Eve from Paradise Oil on canvas | Bertolami Fine Art, Apr 2023 | ||
| Paolo De Matteis | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Apr 2018 | ||
| Paolo De Matteis | Diana and Niobe | Bonhams, Jul 2016 | ||
| Paolo De Matteis | Alpheus and Arethusa | Sotheby's, Apr 2008 | ||
| Paolo De Matteis | The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and a | Bonhams, Oct 2019 | ||
| Paolo De Matteis | Pan and Syrinx | Sotheby's, Apr 2016 | ||
| Paolo De Matteis | paolo de matteis | the fall of manna from heaven | Sotheby's, Jan 2020 |
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.