Lot 524 · Old Master, 19th Century and British Drawings and Watercolours
Allegory of Charity
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- Estimate
- £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $6,517–$9,775
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master, 19th Century and British Drawings and Watercolours, London (South Kensington) · 11 June 1998
- Dimensions
- 5½ x 10½ in. (14 x 26.6 cm.), unframed
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5300667
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Paolo Farinati, Allegory of Charity. Christie's, 11 Jun 1998, lot 524. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5300667.
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Paolo Farinati, Allegory of Charity. Christie's, 11 Jun 1998, lot 524. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5300667.
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From the same sale Old Master, 19th Century and British Drawings and Watercolours · Jun 1998
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| A draped figure | Florentine School, 19th Century | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| A theorbo-player by a balustrade, with a subsidiary study of his hands | Aurelio Lomi | £3,000–£4,000 | |
| A reclining male nude, his head resting on his right arm | Carlo Cignani | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| Apollo and a nymph with two river gods | Follower Of Simon Vouet | £800–£1,200 | |
| A mendicant friar preaching to country people from an antique basin | Hubert Robert Paris | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| Studies of arms, hands and drapery | Italian School, 17th Century | £400–£600 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paolo Farinati | Putti supporting the dead Christ | $7,315 | Bonhams, Apr 2024 | |
| Paolo Farinati | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Nov 2020 | ||
| Paolo Farinati | Study of a woman and a child | Bonhams, Apr 2024 | ||
| Paolo Farinati | the madonna and child, surrounded by cherubim | Sotheby's, Jan 2011 | ||
| Francesco Guardi | Venice, a view of San Giorgio Maggiore with the Giudecca and | Sotheby's, Dec 2021 | ||
| Paolo Farinati | Four female figures about to flee from Pluto | Christie's, Jul 2019 | ||
| Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo | A Watermill | Christie's, Jul 2026 | ||
| François Boucher | Moses surrounded by angels, putti and prophets, after Bacicc | Christie's, Feb 2025 |
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.