Lot 112 · Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction
Summer: peasants on horseback surrounded by others harvesting wheat, windmills beyond; and Winter: skaters and townsfolk on a frozen river, a village beyond
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- Estimate
- £25,000–£35,000 hammer ≈ $31,824–$44,553
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction, London · 5 December 2024
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5259986
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Balthasar Beschey, Summer: peasants on horseback surrounded by others harvesting wheat, windmills beyond; and Winter: skaters and townsfolk on a frozen river, a village beyond. Sotheby's, 5 Dec 2024, lot 112. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5259986.
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Balthasar Beschey, Summer: peasants on horseback surrounded by others harvesting wheat, windmills beyond; and Winter: skaters and townsfolk on a frozen river, a village beyond. Sotheby's, 5 Dec 2024, lot 112. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5259986.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italian School, 17th Century | Laocoön and his sons | $63,000 | Christie's, Jan 2024 | |
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