Lot 244 · Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours Day
The Colosseum
Ippolito Caffi · oil on paper laid down on canvas
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- Estimate
- £25,000–£35,000 hammer ≈ $40,862–$57,208
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours Day , London · 13 January 1998
- Dimensions
- 14½ x 22½ in. (37 x 57 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5008962
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Ippolito Caffi, The Colosseum. Christie's, 13 Jan 1998, lot 244. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5008962.
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Ippolito Caffi, The Colosseum. Christie's, 13 Jan 1998, lot 244. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5008962.
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From the same sale Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours Day · Jan 1998
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A diamond brooch, | Diamond Bar Brooch | £300–£400 | |
| A capriccio of a mediterranean port with Roman ruins | Anton Goubau | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| The Triumph of Galatea | Giuseppe Chiari | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Figures on the banks of a canal | Johannes Franciscus Spohler | £7,000–£10,000 | |
| A Dominican saint, perhaps Saint Peter Martyr, half-length, holding a book | Giovanni Battista Salvi, Il Sassoferrato | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Design for a half-arch with composite columns and a statue of Cupid h… | Ferdinando Da Galli Bibiena | £1,500–£2,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ippolito Caffi | [no title recorded] | $110,740 | Dorotheum, Apr 2025 | |
| Ippolito Caffi | the benediction of pius ix in st peter's square, rome | Sotheby's, Dec 2016 | ||
| Ippolito Caffi | Venice, a View of the Piazzetta with the Columns of Saints M | Sotheby's, Feb 2025 | ||
| Ippolito Caffi | Venezia, veduta notturna con la Piazzetta San Marco e il Mol | Sotheby's, Jan 2022 | ||
| Ippolito Caffi | La Benedizione Papale Dalla Basilica Di San Pietro | Sotheby's, Jun 2008 | ||
| Ippolito Caffi | A view of the Tiber with the Castello San Angelo and St Pete | Christie's, Oct 2019 | ||
| Ippolito Caffi | vue du louvre, paris | Sotheby's, May 2016 | ||
| Ippolito Caffi | Fatima di Smirne | Sotheby's, Apr 2014 |
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.