Lot 6 · Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction
The Census at Bethlehem
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- Estimate
- £3,000,000–£5,000,000 hammer ≈ $3,993,155–$6,655,259
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction, London · 3 December 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5341084
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Brueghel The Younger, Pieter, The Census at Bethlehem. Sotheby's, 3 Dec 2025, lot 6. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5341084.
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Brueghel The Younger, Pieter, The Census at Bethlehem. Sotheby's, 3 Dec 2025, lot 6. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5341084.
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From the same sale Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction · Dec 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venus and Adonis (Adonis Departing for the Chase) | Joseph Mallord William Turner Ra | £400,000–£600,000 | |
| Saint John on Patmos, half-length, his folded hands resting on the co… | Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn | £5,000,000–£7,000,000 | |
| The Crucifixion of Christ on Mount Calvary | Lucas Van Valckenborch | £300,000–£400,000 | |
| Portrait of the architect Moritz Ensinger (c. 1430–1482/3) | South German School, probably Ulm, early 16th century | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| A singing boy playing a stringed instrument | Hendrick Ter Brugghen | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| Heavy Seas | Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky | £500,000–£800,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | summer: figures eating during the summer harvest | $5,205,000 | Sotheby's, Jan 2014 | |
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | Village scene with peasants carousing and dancing around a m | Sotheby's, Jul 2026 | ||
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | Winter landscape with a bird trap | Sotheby's, Jul 2014 | ||
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | Return from the Kermesse | Sotheby's, Jan 2011 | ||
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | The Massacre of the Innocents | Christie's, Dec 2021 | ||
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | A Flemish village in winter with the Massacre of the Innocen | Sotheby's, Jul 2009 | ||
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | The Tower of Babel | Christie's, Jun 2022 | ||
| Brueghel The Younger, Pieter | A Village Street with Peasants Dancing | Sotheby's, Dec 2014 |
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.