Lot 206 · Old Master Paintings Day Auction
Still life of grapes, peaches, apricots, pears, walnuts and chestnuts, with a squirrel, on a ledge partially draped with a red cloth in a ruined stone niche
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- Estimate
- £20,000–£30,000 hammer ≈ $26,680–$40,021
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master Paintings Day Auction, London · 4 December 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5341702
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Ernst Stuven, Still life of grapes, peaches, apricots, pears, walnuts and chestnuts, with a squirrel, on a ledge partially draped with a red cloth in a ruined stone niche. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2025, lot 206. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5341702.
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Ernst Stuven, Still life of grapes, peaches, apricots, pears, walnuts and chestnuts, with a squirrel, on a ledge partially draped with a red cloth in a ruined stone niche. Sotheby's, 4 Dec 2025, lot 206. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5341702.
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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernst Stuven | a still life of a corncob, roses, a parrot tulip, irises, an | $30,019 | Sotheby's, Nov 2008 | |
| Ernst Stuven | A Still Life of Flowers in a Glass Vase on a stone ledge | Sotheby's, Dec 2003 | ||
| Ernst Stuven | a still life of roses, variegated tulips, irises, and other | Sotheby's, Jan 2005 | ||
| Ernst Stuven | still life of flowers in a glass vase with a butterfly on a | Sotheby's, Jun 2011 | ||
| Joost Cornelisz. Droochsloot | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Oct 2019 | ||
| Jan Miense Molenaer | jan miense molenaer | peasants making merry in a tavern | Sotheby's, Jun 2020 | ||
| Joost Cornelisz. Droochsloot | Interior with merry peasants around a table | Sotheby's, Apr 2022 | ||
| Joost Cornelisz. Droochsloot | A village scene with a woman distributing alms | Sotheby's, Mar 2021 |
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.