Lot 40 · Old Master Paintings
Portrait of a gentleman, probably Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1621–1683), half-length, wearing a loose brown coat and lace jabot, in a painted stone cartouche
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- Estimate
- £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $5,234–$7,851
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master Paintings, London · 6 April 2022
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5012283
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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John Greenhill, Portrait of a gentleman, probably Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1621–1683), half-length, wearing a loose brown coat and lace jabot, in a painted stone cartouche. Sotheby's, 6 Apr 2022, lot 40. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5012283.
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John Greenhill, Portrait of a gentleman, probably Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1621–1683), half-length, wearing a loose brown coat and lace jabot, in a painted stone cartouche. Sotheby's, 6 Apr 2022, lot 40. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5012283.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| A kitchen interior | Called Paolo Fiammingo Pauwels Franck | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| The Match, Two Racehorses on the Downs | James Seymour | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| A ladies bay hunter held by a mounted groom in a park | John Frederick Herring, Snr. | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| Cathedral interior with figures worshipping, promenading and giving alms | Peeter Neeffs The Younger | £15,000–£20,000 | |
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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Greenhill | Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a brown cloak, in a | $4,787 | Christie's, Jun 2004 | |
| John Greenhill | Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a brown coat and wh | Christie's, Jun 2005 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | Muse of Connoisseurship | Freeman's | Hindman, Feb 2023 | ||
| John Greenhill | Portrait of John Wood (c.1692-1748), three-quarter-length, i | Christie's, Apr 2015 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Jun 2026 | ||
| John Greenhill | Portrait of Sir Roger Puleston of Emral (1663-1697), half-le | Bonhams, Dec 2025 | ||
| John Greenhill | portrait of sir matthew dudley, bt., three quarter length | Sotheby's, Apr 2011 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | Still life with a bunch of asparagus, bulb of garlic, onion, | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 |
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.