Lot 487 · Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures
An Allegory of Night
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- Estimate
- £20,000–£30,000 hammer ≈ $24,390–$36,584
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures, London · 8 December 2022
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5081981
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Italian School, Possibly Emilia 17th Century, An Allegory of Night. Sotheby's, 8 Dec 2022, lot 487. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5081981.
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Italian School, Possibly Emilia 17th Century, An Allegory of Night. Sotheby's, 8 Dec 2022, lot 487. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5081981.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Garland still life | W. Mertens | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| The Holy Family | Workshop Of Giambattista Pittoni | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Winter landscape with figures skating and sledging on a frozen canal … | Alexander Van Bredael | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| A scholar in his study | Pieter Hermansz. Verelst | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| A group portrait of a family in an architectural setting with a lands… | Circle Of Constantyn Netscher | £8,000–£12,000 | |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italian School, Possibly Emilia 17th Century | Still life with a globe and musical instruments | $30,081 | Sotheby's, Jun 2021 | |
| Italian School, Possibly Emilia 17th Century | A set of 8 historical portraits comprising: Charlemagne (cir | Sotheby's, Jan 2022 | ||
| Italian School, Possibly Emilia 17th Century | A set of 6 historical portraits comprising: Godfrey of Bouil | Sotheby's, Jan 2022 | ||
| Flemish School 18th Century | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Apr 2026 | ||
| Italian School, Possibly Emilia 17th Century | A set of 11 portraits of the Dukes of Brabant, comprising: J | Sotheby's, Jan 2022 | ||
| Flemish School 18th Century | A witch preparing the Sabbath | Sotheby's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Italian School, Possibly Emilia 17th Century | A set of 12 historical portraits comprising: Sciarra Colonna | Sotheby's, Jan 2022 | ||
| Flemish School 18th Century | An allegory of gluttony | Christie's, Oct 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.