Lot 247 · Old Master Paintings & Works on Paper Day Auction
A) The Emperor Julian; B) The contest between Reason and Passion
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- Estimate
- £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $5,103–$7,654
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master Paintings & Works on Paper Day Auction, London · 4 July 2024
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5228952
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Prospero Fontana, A) The Emperor Julian; B) The contest between Reason and Passion. Sotheby's, 4 Jul 2024, lot 247. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5228952.
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Prospero Fontana, A) The Emperor Julian; B) The contest between Reason and Passion. Sotheby's, 4 Jul 2024, lot 247. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5228952.
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| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sappho at Leucate | Circle Of Felice Giani | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Portrait of a Dutch naval officer | — | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| Portrait of a bearded man wearing a pelt and fur-trimmed hat | — | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Three drawings from ‘Claude Martin’s folio’ | Follower Of Johann Zoffany | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Two Studies from nature: Eel Pie House, Twickenham and The Willow | R.a. John Linnell | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| Saint Joseph and the Christ Child | Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | £30,000–£40,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prospero Fontana | design for a spandrel with two male nudes | $6,646 | Sotheby's, Jul 2012 | |
| Prospero Fontana | Two music-making angels | Sotheby's, Jan 2012 | ||
| Prospero Fontana | A) The Emperor Julian | B) The contest between Reason and Pa | Sotheby's, Jul 2026 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Mar 2021 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | Caricature of a gentleman seated at a table | Caricature d'u | Sotheby's, Jul 2023 | ||
| Prospero Fontana | a: the emperor julianb: the contest between reason and passi | Sotheby's, Jul 2007 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | Portrait of Père Théophile | Sotheby's, Jan 2024 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | Study of a seated male nude, his leg raised and his head res | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 |
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.