Lot 176 · TOMASSO: The More a Thing is Perfect
Portrait of a bearded man, bust length, in profile, facing left
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- Estimate
- £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $5,582–$8,373
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — TOMASSO: The More a Thing is Perfect, London · 29 April 2021
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4922241
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Jules-joseph Lefebvre, Portrait of a bearded man, bust length, in profile, facing left. Sotheby's, 29 Apr 2021, lot 176. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4922241.
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Jules-joseph Lefebvre, Portrait of a bearded man, bust length, in profile, facing left. Sotheby's, 29 Apr 2021, lot 176. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4922241.
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From the same sale TOMASSO: The More a Thing is Perfect · Apr 2021
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bust of Isis | — | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Portrait of David Garrick (1717-1779) | After Pompeo Batoni | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Design for a Tazza decorated with Bacchus, grapes and putti | German School, Circa 1800 | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Cupid with his bow in a landscape | R.a. Henry Thomson | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Tomb of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus | Italian, Rome, Circa 1800, After The Antique | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Portrait Relief of Louis XIV (1638-1715) | — | £8,000–£12,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jules-joseph Lefebvre | L'Italienne à l'orange | $7,863 | Christie's, Dec 2004 | |
| Jean-baptiste-camille Corot | Study of Trees by a Country Lane leading to a Tower | Sotheby's, Jul 2025 | ||
| Jean-léon Gérome | Caesar franchissant le Rubicon | Sotheby's, Oct 2015 | ||
| Jean-léon Gérome | La Joueuse de Boules | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Jean-baptiste-camille Corot | jean-baptiste-camille corot | paysage à l'homme accroupi | Sotheby's, Oct 2019 | ||
| Jules-joseph Lefebvre | La cigale | Christie's, Jun 2026 | ||
| Jean-léon Gérome | A seated Arnaut | Heritage Auctions, Nov 2025 | ||
| Jean-baptiste-camille Corot | Untitled | Sotheby's, Oct 2018 |
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.