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- Estimate
- £40,000–£60,000 hammer ≈ $53,010–$79,515
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — 19th & 20th Century Sculpture, London · 15 December 2021
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4991402
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Donato Barcaglia, La Farfalla (The Butterfly). Sotheby's, 15 Dec 2021, lot 46. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4991402.
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Donato Barcaglia, La Farfalla (The Butterfly). Sotheby's, 15 Dec 2021, lot 46. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4991402.
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From the same sale 19th & 20th Century Sculpture · Dec 2021
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bust of Flora | Antonio Frilli | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| Bust of Dante | Albert-Ernest De Carrier-Belleuse | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Column with rams heads | French, Late 18th Century | £7,000–£10,000 | |
| Relief of a female painter | — | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| The Graces and Venus Dancing | Antonio Frilli | £18,000–£25,000 | |
| Tireur à l'Arc (Archer) | Alexandre Kelety | £40,000–£60,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donato Barcaglia | Amore Accieca | $68,500 | Christie's, May 1999 | |
| Donato Barcaglia | biscottino! (girl feeding her dog) | Sotheby's, Dec 2017 | ||
| Donato Barcaglia | Love is Blind | Sotheby's, Apr 2007 | ||
| Albert-Ernest De Carrier-Belleuse | L'Enlèvement d’Hippodamie (The Abduction of Hippodamia) | Sotheby's, Jul 2022 | ||
| Donato Barcaglia | Amore Accieca (Love Blinded) | Christie's, Jun 2002 | ||
| Donato Barcaglia | Amore Accieca (Love Is Blind) | Sotheby's, Apr 2015 | ||
| Albert-Ernest De Carrier-Belleuse | l'enlèvement d'hippodamie | Sotheby's, Nov 2017 | ||
| Jean-baptiste Carpeaux | La Danse (esquisse) | Sotheby's, May 2022 |
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.