Lot 129 · Old Master & British Pictures (Day Sale)
The Apotheosis of Venus and Diana
Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £70,000–£100,000 hammer ≈ $103,376–$147,681
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master & British Pictures (Day Sale), London · 3 December 2008
- Dimensions
- 82½ x 62¾ in. (209.8 x 159.3 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5407679
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael, The Apotheosis of Venus and Diana. Christie's, 3 Dec 2008, lot 129. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5407679.
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Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael, The Apotheosis of Venus and Diana. Christie's, 3 Dec 2008, lot 129. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5407679.
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|---|---|---|---|
| A winter landscape with the Holy Family warming themselves by a fire,… | Abel Grimmer | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| A capriccio , with Daniel demanding justice for Susannah under an arc… | Paul Vredeman De Vries | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| The Penitent Mary Magdalene | Willem Van Mieris | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| An extensive classical landscape with an artist sketching the Temple … | After Richard Wilson | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| A river landscape with monks conversing by a pair of megaliths, ruins… | William. Hodges | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| A mountainous lake landscape with travellers on a path in the foregro… | William Ashford P.r.h.a. | £10,000–£15,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael | Battle Between the Gods and Titans | $355,600 | Sotheby's, Feb 2026 | |
| Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael | The Denial of Saint Peter | Christie's, Jul 2015 | ||
| Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael | Charity | Sotheby's, Jul 2004 | ||
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| Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael | Diana e Callisto | Sotheby's, Jun 2004 | ||
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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.