Lot 115 · Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours Day Sale
Portrait of a lady, bust-length in profile, with a string-of-pearls headdress and a grey veil, in a green mantle, holding a medal
Vincenzo Catena · oil on panel, unframed
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- Estimate
- £30,000–£50,000 hammer ≈ $48,976–$81,627
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours Day Sale, London · 9 December 2009
- Dimensions
- 23 x 17¾ in. (58.4 x 45.1 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5158990
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Vincenzo Catena, Portrait of a lady, bust-length in profile, with a string-of-pearls headdress and a grey veil, in a green mantle, holding a medal. Christie's, 9 Dec 2009, lot 115. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5158990.
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Vincenzo Catena, Portrait of a lady, bust-length in profile, with a string-of-pearls headdress and a grey veil, in a green mantle, holding a medal. Christie's, 9 Dec 2009, lot 115. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5158990.
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