Lot 70 · Master Drawings from the Collection of Diane A. Nixon
A seated musician playing the guitar
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- Estimate
- $30,000–$40,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Master Drawings from the Collection of Diane A. Nixon, New York · 4 February 2026
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5352633
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Jean-Antoine Watteau, A seated musician playing the guitar. Sotheby's, 4 Feb 2026, lot 70. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5352633.
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Jean-Antoine Watteau, A seated musician playing the guitar. Sotheby's, 4 Feb 2026, lot 70. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5352633.
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From the same sale Master Drawings from the Collection of Diane A. Nixon · Feb 2026
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| L'Anima della Patria (The Spirit of the Nation) | Angelo Dall'oca Bianca | $8,000–$12,000 | |
| A Fortified Hill Town, probably a view of Lucca | Baccio Della Porta, Called Fra Bartolomeo | $400,000–$600,000 | |
| Dilapidated Houses near Cookham | Sir Stanley Spencer R.a. | $4,000–$6,000 | |
| Forest Path, Menton | Henri-joseph Harpignies | $3,000–$5,000 | |
| Three figure studies | Francesco Vanni Sienne | $6,000–$8,000 | |
| A Farmhouse at Shoreham | R.a. John Linnell | $12,000–$18,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo | giovanni domenico tiepolo | four dogs playing in a landscape | $35,000 | Sotheby's, Jan 2020 | |
| Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | Étude de deux Orientaux | Bonhams, Jun 2023 | ||
| François Boucher | Head of a young woman, looking up to the left | Sotheby's, Jul 2024 | ||
| Jean-Antoine Watteau | cinq personnages de comédie se dirigeant vers la gauche | Sotheby's, Oct 2011 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | Study of two figures seen from below | Sotheby's, Jan 2022 | ||
| Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | head of a cherub | Sotheby's, Jan 2019 | ||
| François Boucher | Pastorale beside a fountain | Sotheby's, Feb 2026 | ||
| Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo | The Virgin and Child with Angels | Lempertz, Nov 2017 |
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.