Lot 42 · Old Master & British Pictures (Evening Sale)
A capriccio of an arcade in a courtyard, with a man talking to a boy and other figures
Francesco Guardi · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- £80,000–£120,000 hammer ≈ $119,932–$179,897
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master & British Pictures (Evening Sale), London · 2 December 2008
- Dimensions
- 15½ x 11 1/8 in. (39.4 x 28.3 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5408910
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Francesco Guardi, A capriccio of an arcade in a courtyard, with a man talking to a boy and other figures. Christie's, 2 Dec 2008, lot 42. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5408910.
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Francesco Guardi, A capriccio of an arcade in a courtyard, with a man talking to a boy and other figures. Christie's, 2 Dec 2008, lot 42. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5408910.
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| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob and Rachel | Gerbrand Van Den Eeckhout | £60,000–£100,000 | |
| The Adoration of the Magi | Pieter Brueghel III | £500,000–£700,000 | |
| May: Christ and the Woman of Samaria | Abel Grimmer | £80,000–£100,000 | |
| Palais Italien : A capriccio of classical ruins with a staircase lead… | Hubert Robert Paris | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| Flowers, grapes, plums, walnuts and a melon on a stone ledge | Jan Van Os | £120,000–£180,000 | |
| The Madonna and Child with Saints Anthony Abbot and Francis and four Angels | Niccolò Di Tommaso | £70,000–£100,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francesco Guardi | Capriccio landscape with a ruined arch and figures beside a | $170,323 | Sotheby's, Jul 2026 | |
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| Francesco Guardi | Venice, A View of the Island and the Church of San Giorgio M | Sotheby's, Feb 2025 | ||
| Francesco Guardi | The interior courtyard of a Venetian palazzo, with two figur | Christie's, Jul 2025 | ||
| Francesco Guardi | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Jun 2021 | ||
| Francesco Guardi | A pair of capriccio river landscapes with figures in the for | Sotheby's, Mar 2026 | ||
| Francesco Guardi | Venice, the entrance to the Grand Canal with Santa Maria del | Sotheby's, Jul 2026 | ||
| Francesco Guardi | Venice, a view of the Grand Canal with San Simeone Piccolo | Sotheby's, Jun 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.