Lot 118 · Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction, Part I
Portrait of an old lady, half-length, wearing a fur hat, sewing a cushion, with spectacles in hand and a pair of scissors to the side
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- Estimate
- £40,000–£60,000 hammer ≈ $51,103–$76,655
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction, Part I, London · 6 July 2023
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5137444
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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The Monogrammist Is, Portrait of an old lady, half-length, wearing a fur hat, sewing a cushion, with spectacles in hand and a pair of scissors to the side. Sotheby's, 6 Jul 2023, lot 118. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5137444.
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The Monogrammist Is, Portrait of an old lady, half-length, wearing a fur hat, sewing a cushion, with spectacles in hand and a pair of scissors to the side. Sotheby's, 6 Jul 2023, lot 118. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5137444.
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From the same sale Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction, Part I · Jul 2023
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait of Mrs Dorothy Jordan (1761–1816) as Rosalind in Shakespeare… | Sir William Beechey R.A | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Saint Ursula | School Of Utrecht, 17th Century | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| The Flaying of Marsyas | French Artist Working In Rome, Circa 1700 | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| A wooded landscape with travellers and peasants on a path by a pond, … | Abraham Govaerts | £30,000–£40,000 | |
| The stakenets at Villerville | Édouard Dantan | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Vulcan casting his net over Mars and Venus | Johann Carl Loth | £30,000–£40,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Monogrammist Is | Portrait of an old lady, head and shoulders | $60,564 | Sotheby's, Apr 2010 | |
| Called Il Sassoferrato | The Virgin and Child | Sotheby's, Dec 2024 | ||
| Gaetano Gandolfi | Saint Lawrence | Christie's, Jun 2022 | ||
| Called Il Sassoferrato | Madonna at Prayer | Chiswick Auctions, Apr 2026 | ||
| Gaetano Gandolfi | Allegory of Spring | Sotheby's, Feb 2026 | ||
| David Teniers The Younger | said to be after Jacopo Negretti, called Palma il Giovane Th | Bonhams, Dec 2023 | ||
| Francesco Guardi | A view of the Rialto with the Riva del Vin | Sotheby's, Dec 2025 | ||
| Francesco Guardi | A pair of capriccio river landscapes with figures in the for | Sotheby's, Mar 2026 |
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.