Lot 72 · Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection
Head of an Old Man | Tête de vieillard
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- Estimate
- €20,000–€30,000 hammer ≈ $20,904–$31,356
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection, Paris · 14 June 2022
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5034542
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Gaetano Gandolfi, Head of an Old Man | Tête de vieillard. Sotheby's, 14 Jun 2022, lot 72. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5034542.
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Gaetano Gandolfi, Head of an Old Man | Tête de vieillard. Sotheby's, 14 Jun 2022, lot 72. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5034542.
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From the same sale Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900, Session I, Including Treasures from the Antony Embden Collection · Jun 2022
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Massacre of the Innocents | Le Massacre des Innocents | Suiveur De Marten Van Cleve | €60,000–€100,000 | |
| The Dance of the Catherinettes | La Danse des Catherinettes | Pieter Brueghel Le Jeune | €50,000–€70,000 | |
| Virgin and Child | Vierge à l'Enfant | Giovanni Battista Salvi, Dit Sassoferrato | €40,000–€60,000 | |
| An important silver-gilt two-handled cover cup with stand, John Swift… | — | €40,000–€60,000 | |
| Little dog scratching its ear | Petit chien se grattant l'oreille | Barthélemy Prieur | €10,000–€15,000 | |
| Sur l'herbe | Federico Zandomeneghi | €200,000–€300,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaetano Gandolfi | Head of a young woman | $28,750 | Christie's, Oct 2016 | |
| Gaetano Gandolfi | Thetis entrusting the infant Achilles to the centaur Chiron | Sotheby's, Jan 2021 | ||
| Gaetano Gandolfi | Diana and Callisto | Sotheby's, Jan 2021 | ||
| Gaetano Gandolfi | studies of hands | Sotheby's, Jul 2019 | ||
| Gaetano Gandolfi | portrait of a young man, head and shoulders, wearing a blue | Sotheby's, Dec 2005 | ||
| Gaetano Gandolfi | God the Father | Sotheby's, Jul 2026 | ||
| Gaetano Gandolfi | The Entombment | Sotheby's, Jul 2016 | ||
| Gaetano Gandolfi | Youth and Age: study of two heads | Christie's, Jul 2017 |
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.