Lot 59 · 19th-Century European Art
Portrait of a Man, said to be Charles Viollet
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- Estimate
- $30,000–$50,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — 19th-Century European Art, New York · 15 October 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5328554
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Merry-joseph Blondel, Portrait of a Man, said to be Charles Viollet. Sotheby's, 15 Oct 2025, lot 59. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5328554.
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Merry-joseph Blondel, Portrait of a Man, said to be Charles Viollet. Sotheby's, 15 Oct 2025, lot 59. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5328554.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Gluttony (La Gourmandise) | Timoléon Lobrichon | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Hercules | Jean-françois Millet | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| Summer Morning | Montague Dawson R.S.M.A., F.R.S.A. | $20,000–$30,000 | |
| Dutch Town Scene with Figures | Willem Koekkoek | $20,000–$30,000 | |
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| Fisherman on the Normandy Coast | Alexandre René Veron | $10,000–$15,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Merry-joseph Blondel | Portrait of a Man | Sotheby's, Jan 2010 | ||
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| Antoine-louis Barye | Loup tenant un cerf à la gorge (Wolf holding a deer by the t | Sotheby's, Jul 2024 | ||
| Antoine-louis Barye | Two deer at rest in the forest of Fontainebleau | Christie's, Oct 2022 | ||
| French School, 19th Century | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Nov 2021 | ||
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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.